* Astronomy

Asteroid 2007 CM26 will make a close pass of the Earth (0.070 AU) at 14:06 UT ±1 day 03:07, 10th March 2018.

Asteroid 1495 Helsinki is a main belt asteroid, discovered by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku on September 21, 1938. The asteroid was named after the Finnish capital Helsinki. See more

The 20 - 44 metre wide asteroid 2015 DK200 will make a close pass (6.9 LD, 0.0177 AU) travelling at 8.61 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th March 2015 @ 00:22 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Maxima of long period variable R Aurigae on the 18th July, 2010. Magnitude: 7.7-13.3 Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 05 17 17.6907, Dec +53 35 10.042

Comet 93P/Lovas 1 is at Opposition (3.853 AU) in the constellation Sagittarius on the 2nd July 2015 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 07 01 18 49 27.4 -36 21 35 3.8576 4.8521 166.6 2.8 22.7 2015 07 02 18 48 38.5 -36 22 09 3.8528 4.8476 166.6 2.8 22.7 2015 07 03 18 47 49.4 -36 2...

Comet P/2005 J1 (McNaught) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.763 AU) on the 30th July, 2012.

Orbital elements: 2013 ND15 Earth MOID = 0.0080 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 36.64866 (2000.0) P Q n 1.60901291 Peri. 19.40432 -0.43004955 -0.89874796 a 0.7212675 Node 96.14405 +0.81652895 -0.42760398 e 0.6202148 Incl. 4.93293 +0.38514654 -0.09698940 P 0.61 H 23.9 G 0....

Asteroid (9548) Fortran makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.642 AU) on the 21st April, 2011. 9548 Fortran (1985 CN) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1985 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak. Read more

Asteroid 2018 BK7 makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.0260 AU) at 04:34 UT, 9th March 2018.

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Comet P/2015 TP200 (LINEAR) is at Opposition (3.658 AU) on the 8th March 2018

Comet C/2017 D3 (ATLAS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (4.585 AU) on the 8th March 2018

Asteroid 2018 CC14 will make a close pass of the Earth (0.06444 AU) on the 8th March 2018 @ 15:03 UT ±00:01

Asteroid 2015 FM34 will make a close pass of the Earth (0.0575 AU) on the 8th March 2018 @ 17:28 UT ±1 day 14:45

NASA Selects Investigations for First Sun Encounter Mission NASA has begun development of a mission to visit and study the sun closer than ever before. The unprecedented project, named Solar Probe Plus, is slated to launch no later than 2018. The small car-sized spacecraft will plunge directly in...