January 2001, the Millennium StarDial Jehana Tue Jan 2 10:21:12 2001 *br*January 2001*br* Jan 01 - Start of the New Millennium*br* Jan 01 - Asteroid 2000 SS164 Near-Earth Flyby (0.367 AU)*p* Jan 02 - Asteroid 1998 VD35 Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)*br* Jan 02 - Asteroid 7480 Norwan Closest Approach To Earth (0.495 AU)*p* Jan 03 - Earth at Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)*br* Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak*br* Jan 03 - Asteroid 4688 (1980 WF) Near-Earth Flyby (0.1701 AU)*br* Jan 03 - Asteroid 3362 Khufu Near-Earth Flyby (0.2174 AU)*br* Jan 03 - Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Closest Approach To Earth (0.456 AU)*p* Jan 04 - Asteroid 1991 AQ Near-Earth Flyby (0.396 AU)*p* Jan 07 - Asteroid 2000 SR43 Closest Approach To Earth (0.490 AU)*p* Jan 09 - Lunar Eclipse, Full Moon.*p* Jan 10 - Asteroid 2000 YK4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.173 AU)*p* Jan 11 - Asteroid 2000 CK33 Near-Earth Flyby (0.199 AU)*p* Jan 12 - Asteroid 1998 SD15 Closest Approach To Earth (0.483 AU)*p* Jan 13 - Asteroid 2000 XK47 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)*p* Jan 14 - Mercury Passes 2.2 Degress From Neptune*p* Jan 16 - Asteroid 2000 SE45 Near-Earth Flyby (0.270 AU)*p* Jan 17 - Venus At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (47 Degrees)*p* Jan 18 - STS-98 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Station Assembly*br* Flight 5A*p* Jan 18 - Asteroid 1994 AW1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.258 AU)*br* Jan 18 - Asteroid 1998 XE12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.303 AU)*p* Jan 22 - Mercury Passes 0.4 Degrees From Uranus*br* Jan 22 - Asteroid 2000 RN77 Near-Earth Flyby (0.296 AU)*p* Jan 24 - Chinese New Year*p* Jan 28 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (18 Degrees)*br* Jan 28 - 15th Anniversary (1986), Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion*p* Jan 30 - Asteroid 1998 XN17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.225 AU)*br* Jan 30 - Asteroid 5131 (1990 BG) Closest Approach To Earth (0.443 AU)*p* Jan 31 - 30th Anniversary (1971), Apollo 14 Launch (3rd Manned Moon*br* Landing)*br* Jan 31 - 35th Anniversary (1966), Luna 9 Launch (Soviet Moon Lander)*br* Jan 31 - 40th Anniversary (1961), Mercury-Redstone 2 Launch With*br* Ham The Chimpanzee*p*http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/ - Space Calendar*p*