October StarDial wanders in...
Jehana

Tue Oct 17 09:04:30 2000
The Delayed October 2000 StarDial*p**br*Oct 03 - 15th Anniversary (1985), STS 51-J Launch, Maiden Flight Of Space Shuttle Atlantis Oct 03 - 185th Anniversary (1815), Chassigny Meteorite Fall (Mars Meteorite)*p*Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak*p*Oct 13 - The Moon is full at 4:53 a.m. EDT. (Hunter's Moon)*p*Oct 17 - Asteroid 1994 TF2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.314 AU)*br*Oct 17 - Bright planets Jupiter and Saturn both lie among the stars of the constellation *p*Taurus, the Bull, one of the more distinguishable constellations of the zodiac. Jupiter will remain in this constellation until the middle of next year, while slower moving Saturn will not leave Taurus until mid 2003.*p*Oct 19 - Comet Spitaler Closest Approach To Earth (1.359 AU)*p*Oct 20 - Asteroid 2000 RS11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.225 AU)*br*Oct 20 - Last Quarter Moon occurs at 3:59 a.m. EDT this morning.*p*Oct 21 - Orionid Meteor Shower Peak. May also be visible on the 20th. Not a particularly spectacular display is expected.*p*Oct 23 - The crescent Moon sits 4 degrees (8 moon diameters) to the lower left of the planet Mars. Watch in the eastern skies one to two hours before sunrise.*p*Oct 24 - Asteroid 2000 JS66 Near-Earth Flyby (0.320 AU)*p*Oct 25 - Asteroid 2340 Hathor Near-Earth Flyby (0.1970 AU)*p*Oct 26 - At dusk Venus perches just above the SW horizon. Look 30 to 45 minutes after sunset.*p*Oct 27 - Asteroid 1997 UH9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.227 AU)*br*Oct 27 - Dark Moon occurs at 3:58 a.m. EDT*p*Oct 29 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (North America, Europe)*p*Oct 30 - Soyuz TM-204 Launch (ISS-2R - 1st International Space Station Crew)*p*Oct 31 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)*br*Oct 31 - Asteroid 2000 PD3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.217 AU)*br*Oct 31 - All Hallows Eve or All Saints Eve, Samhain for many Pagans. Today lies almost halfway between the Autumnal Equinox and Winter Solstice*p**p**br*http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/ - Space Calendar*br*http://www.pa.msu.edu/abrams/SkyWatchersDiary/Diary.html - Skywatchers' Diary*p*Astronomy Magazine went to a new format online that I haven't yet figured out, and the October hardcopy of that magazine is buried somewhere unknown around here, so this will have to do for *br*now*br*