* Astronomy

Mar ?? - Nigcomsat 1 CZ-3B Launch

Mar ?? - Dialog 1 Rokot-Briz Launch

Mar ?? - Cosmos (Parus N97)/ Orbcomm-CDS 3 Cosmos 3M Launch

Mar 01 - Asteroid 2007 DG8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)

Mar 01 - Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.224 AU)

Mar 01 - Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (2.728 AU)

Mar 01 - 25th Anniversary (1982), Venera 13, Venus Landing/Flyby (USSR)

Mar 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Manoeuvre #96 (OTM-96)

Mar 02 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Pioneer 10 Launch (Jupiter Flyby Mission)

Mar 02-04 - Mid-Atlantic Mirror Making Seminar #7, Smyrna, Delaware

Mar 03 - Full Moon 23:18 UT

Mar 03 - Total Lunar Eclipse 20:16 27s

Mar 03 - Asteroid 1545 Thernoe Occults HIP 30396 (7.4 Magnitude Star)

Mar 03 - Asteroid 2007 DJ Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)

Mar 03-04 - International Year of Astronomy Meeting at ESO, Garching, Germany

Mar 04 - Asteroid 2007 DX40 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)

Mar 04 - Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (1.764 AU)

Mar 05 - BBC Sky At Night

Mar 05 - Comet C/2005 EL173 (LONEOS) Perihelion (3.886 AU)

Mar 05 - Asteroid 5554 Keesey Closest Approach To Earth (1.572 AU)

Mar 05 - 25th Anniversary (1982), Venera 14, Venus Landing/Flyby (USSR)

Mar 05-08 - ESO Workshop: Observing Planetary Systems, Santiago, Chile

Mar 06 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Manoeuvre #97 (OTM-97)

Mar 06 - Comet C/2007 C1 (Christensen) Perihelion (2.047 AU)

Mar 06 - Asteroid 3052 Herzen Occults HIP 78549 (7.3 Magnitude Star)

Mar 06 - Asteroid 1231 Auricula Occults HIP 27494 (7.5 Mangnitude Star)

Mar 06 - Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU)

Mar 06 - Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.448 AU)

Mar 06 - Asteroid 7328 Casanova Closest Approach To Earth (2.059 AU)

Mar 06-09 - 12th International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes, Venice, Italy

Mar 07 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults TYC 1312-02749-1 (11.3 Magnitude Star)

Mar 07 - Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (2.123 AU)

Mar 07-08 - 3rd Edition of the Microelectronic Presentation Days, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

Mar 08 - Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (2.804 AU)

Mar 08 - 30th Annversary (1977), Discovery of Uranus' Rings

Mar 09 - Insat 4-B/ Skynet 5-A Ariane 5 Launch

Mar 09 - Demosat DARPA/Air Force Falcon 1 Launch

Mar 09 - Astro/NextSat-CSC/STS-Sat 1/NP-Sat 1/ CFE-Sat/Midsar1/ Falconsat 3/ MEPSI 4A & 4B Atlas 5 Launch

Mar 09 - Comet P/1999 J5 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.224 AU)

Mar 09 - Asteroid 38613 (2000 AV110) Occults HIP 20842 (5.7 Magnitude Star)

Mar 09 - Asteroid 6583 Destinn Occults HIP 88567 (4.7 Magnitude Star)

Mar 09 - Asteroid 2007 DM41 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)

Mar 09 - Asteroid 1999 VF22 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.042 AU)

Mar 09 - Asteroid 9548 Fortran Closest Approach To Earth (1.228 AU)

Mar 10 - Cassini, Titan Flyby

Mar 10 - Asteroid 5451 Plato Closest Approach To Earth (1.566 AU)

Mar 11 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (United States)

Mar 11 - Asteroid 1681 Steinmetz Occults HIP 47247 (6.6 Magnitude Star)

Mar 11 - Asteroid 2005 ES70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)

Mar 11 - Asteroid 3581 Alvarez Closest Approach To Earth (2.928 AU)

Mar 11-18 - Rencontres de Moriond: Gravitational Waves, La Thuile, Val d'Aosta, Italy

Mar 12 - Last quarter 03:56 UT

Mar 12 - Comet 185P/Petriew Closest Approach To Earth (1.643 AU)

Mar 12 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 5640-00152-1 (11.1 Magnitude Star)

Mar 12 - Asteroid 2004 RE84 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)

Mar 12-16 - IAU Symposium 242: Astrophysical Masers and their Environments, Alice Springs, Australia

Mar 13 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Manoeuvre #98 (OTM-98)

Mar 13 - Comet C/2006 K3 (McNaught) Perihelion (2.501 AU)

Mar 13 - Asteroid 35352 Texas Closest Approach To Earth (1.704 AU)

Mar 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 136472 (2005 FY9) Closest Approach To Earth (51.120 AU)

Mar 14 - Comet C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.893 AU)

Mar 14 - Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.896 AU)

Mar 14 - Asteroid 7536 Fahrenheit Closest Approach To Earth (2.100 AU)

Mar 14-16 - DGLR International Symposium: To Moon and Beyond, Bremen, Germany

Mar 15 - Asteroid 99942 Apophis Closest Approach To Earth (0.865 AU)

Mar 16 - Comet Bus Closest Approach To Earth (1.336 AU)

Mar 17 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Manoeuvre #99 (OTM-99)

Mar 17 - Comet P/2006 Y2 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (0.800 AU)

Mar 17-18 - Messier Star Party, Heathcote, Australia

Mar 18 - Pluto Occults UCAC2 (14.9 Magnitude Star)

Mar 18 - Comet Kowal-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (3.861 AU)

Mar 18 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults TYC 7415-00441-1 (10.0 Magnitude Star)

Mar 18 - Asteroid 2004 AM Near-Mars Flyby (0.028 AU)

Mar 18 - Asteroid 2004 FA5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)

Mar 18 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU)

Mar 18 - Asteroid 7000 Curie Closest Approach To Earth (2.119 AU)

Mar 19 - New Moon, 2:42.6 UT

Mar 19 - Partial Solar Eclipse (Visible From Eastern Asia & Northern Alaska)

Mar 19-23 - Meeting: The Next Decade of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Mar 20 - Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)

Mar 20 - Asteroid 1941 Wild Closest Approach To Earth (4.093 AU)

Mar 21 - Vernal Equinox, 00:07 UT

Mar 21-23 - Asian Space Conference 2007, Singapore

Mar 21-23 - Workshop: Astronomical Spectroscopy and the Virtual Observatory, Madrid, Spain

Mar 21-23 - Annual NUSTAR Meeting: International Nuclear Structure, Darmstadt, Germany

Mar 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Manoeuvre #100 (OTM-100)

Mar 22 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (28 Degrees)

Mar 22 - Asteroid 2791 Paradise Closest Approach To Earth (1.207 AU)

Mar 23 - Asteroid 2006 GB Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)

Mar 23 - Asteroid 2006 JY26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)

Mar 23 - Asteroid 2224 Tucson Closest Approach To Earth (1.950 AU)

Mar 24 - Asteroid 2001 FE7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)

Mar 24 - Asteroid 6602 Gilclark Closest Approach To Earth (0.948 AU)

Mar 24 - Asteroid 1991 Darwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.538 AU)

Mar 24 - Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (2.612 AU)

Mar 24-29 - Conference: The Origin of Galaxies, Obergurgl, Austria

Mar 25 - First Quarter, 18:16.1 UT

Mar 25 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (Europe)

Mar 25 - Comet C/2006 V1 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (2.742 AU)

Mar 25 - Asteroid 1537 Transylvania Closest Approach To Earth (2.929 AU)

Mar 25-30 - Conference: A New Zeal for Old Galaxies, Rotorua, New Zealand

Mar 26 - Cassini, Titan Flyby

Mar 26-27 - Workshop: Tools for Psychological Support, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

Mar 26-28 - Workshop: Telescope and Instrumentation Robotization at Dome C, Tenerife, Spain

Mar 26-29 - Conference: Standard Cosmological Model, London, United Kingdom

Mar 26-29 - Arena Workshop: Telescope Robotisation at Dome C, Puerto Santiago, Tenerife, Spain

Mar 26-31 - Conference: Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics III, Dresden, Germany

Mar 27 - Asteroid 2099 Opik Closest Approach To Earth (2.140 AU)

Mar 27 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Venera 8 Launch (USSR Venus Lander/Orbiter Mission)

Mar 28 - Agile PSLV Launch

Mar 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Manoeuvre #101 (OTM-101)

Mar 28 - Comet Harrington-Abell Closest Approach To Earth (1.721 AU)

Mar 28 - Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU)

Mar 28 - Asteroid 1134 Kepler Closest Approach To Earth (2.703 AU)

Mar 28 - 205th Anniversary (1802), Heinrich Olbers' Discovery of Asteroid 2 Pallas

Mar 29 - Egyptsat 1/ Saudisat 3/Saudicomsat 3-7/ AKS 1 & 2/CP 3-4/CAPE 1/Libertad 1/Mast 1-3/CSTB-1/Aerocube2 Dnepr 1 Launch

Mar 29 - Comet C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (6.646 AU)

Mar 29 - 200th Anniversary (1807), Heinrich Olbers' Discovery of Asteroid 4 Vesta

Mar 31 - Asteroid 2006 VV2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.023 AU)

Mar 31 - Asteroid 2004 FU162 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)

Mar 31 - Asteroid 17058 Rocknroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.592 AU)