Asteroid 99942 Apophis to Fly by Earth
On this day, which happens to be a Friday, 370-meter diameter asteroid (previously known as 2004 MN4) will narrowly miss Earth by about 30,000 km, which is classified as Medium Earth Orbit (2,000 - 35,786 km).
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Space / Astro Events
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Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
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NET Aug — Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) to Depart Mars for Earth Return
Earth TrajectoryNET Aug — Japan Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, now with Phobos sample, to begin its return to Earth this month, and planned to arrive at Earth by July 2029 to deliver Sample Return Capsule.
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Lucy Spacecraft 3rd Earth Flyby (660 km)
Jupiter TrajectoryNASA mission to encounter 11 asteroids, including a main belt and 7 Jupiter Trojans, to perform Earth flyby / gravity assist today coming within 660 km after reaching Jupiter orbit and returning to the vicinity of the Earth.
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NET 2031 — International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) to Reapproach Earth
Heliocentric OrbitISEE-3 (International Sun-Earth Explorer-3) craft, presumably in safe mode, is traveling around Sun & predicted to return to vicinity of Earth this year – may be able to reestablish contact; launched August 12, 1978.
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NET Jul — Hayabusa 2, Asteroid 1998 KY26 Rendezvous
Asteroid 1998 KY26☆ NET Jul — JAXA Hayabusa 2 mission to rendezvous with asteroid 1998 KY26, after returning samples from (162173) Ryugu to Earth in 2020 and flying by asteroid 98943 Torifune in 2026.
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NET July — JUICE Spacecraft to Insert into Jupiter Orbit
Jupiter OrbitNET July — ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to reach Jupiter this month if launched April 2023; will perform a flyby of Ganymede 7.5-hours before Jupiter insertion; will spend at least 3.5 years studying Jupiter atmosphere and magnetosphere, moons Ganymede, Europa, Callisto and Io with 10 state-of-the-art instruments […]
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NET July — Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) to Return Phobos Sample to Earth
Earth TrajectoryNET July — Japan Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission with Mars moon Phobos' sample to arrive at Earth this month and deliver Sample Return Capsule.
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243rd Galactic Tick Day
Highlighting Galaxy awareness by celebrating the Solar System traveling around Milky Way Galaxy Center every ~225 million Earth years, one Galactic Tick happens every 633.7 days; first Tick Day was one Tick after October 2nd, 1608 when the first telescope patent was filed.
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Transit of Mercury
Global / Inter-GlobalMercury to pass directly between Earth and Sun; observers see distant planet as small dot gliding slowly across face of Sun; starts Nov 12 at 20:41 HST, ends 01:07 Nov 13.