The return of the Prodigal StarDial:  June.
Jehana

Sat Jun  2 10:22:31 2001
StarDial date June 2001*p*Jun 02 - Asteroid 2001 BA40 Near-Earth Flyby (0.187 AU)*br*Jun 02 - Asteroid 1996 TY11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.338 AU)*br*Jun 02 - 35th Anniversary (1966), Surveyor 1 Moon Landing*p*Jun 03 - Asteroid 2001 DO47 Near-Earth Flyby (0.0055 AU) Is this *br*close or what?*br*Jun 03 - Asteroid 2001 KM20 Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU)*br*Jun 03 - 35th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 9 Launch*br*Jun 03, 1239 "The sun was obscured on Friday at the 6 th hour of the day, and it lasted for a while between the 6 th and 9 th hours and it lost all its strength and there was as though night. There appeared many stars, and then the Sun grew bright again of its own accord, but for a long time it did not regain the strength that it usually has." Ref. Anales Toledanos Segundos. Other chronicles found in Italy, Portugal, Croatia, and France for this eclipse.*p*Jun 04 - Comet C/2000 OF8 (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth *br*(1.390 AU)*br*Jun 04 - Asteroid 2000 EA107 Closest Approach To Earth (0.412 AU)*br*Jun 04 - Pluto At Opposition*p*Jun 05 - Comet Harrington Perihelion (1.568 AU)*br*Jun 05 - Asteroid 2001 JU2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.436 AU)*p*Jun 06 - Asteroid 2001 JV1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)*br*Jun 06 - Asteroid 5381 Sekhmet Closest Approach To Earth (0.728 AU)*p*Jun 07 - Venus At Greatest Western Elongation (45 Degrees)*p*Jun 08 - Intelsat 901 Ariane 4 Launch*p*Jun 09 - Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Near-Earth Flyby (0.295 AU)*p*Jun 13 - Mars At Opposition*br*Jun 13, 1760 Last Total Solar Eclipse on a Friday 13 th. June 13, 2132 is the next Total Solar Eclipse on a Friday 13 th.*p*Jun 15, -0762 (763 BC) In Assyria it was recorded that the sun was *br*eclipsed. This also appears in the Old Testament.*p*Jun 16 - Comet Finlay Closest Approach To Earth (1.945 AU)*br*Jun 16, 0885 This solar eclipse was/is the 3rd longest British total eclipse in the years from 1 ce to 3000 ce, and clocked in at nearly 5 minutes. It had a 300-km wide track, which meant that virtually all of Scotland would have seen this eclipse. Its track also crossed Norway, Sweden, Finland and northern Russia.*br*Jun 16, 1806 Tecumseh's Eclipse. The Shawnee chief Tecumseh realized that the only hope for the various tribes in east and central North America was to join together, and also to return to traditional values. Tecumseh had learned from explorers that a total Solar Eclipse was to occur. Tecumseh ordered the Great Spirit to release the sun at the appropriate time. *p*Jun 17 - Mercury Passes 3.5 Degrees From Jupiter*br*Jun 17, 1433 This eclipse was known as the "Black Hour", or "Black *br*Friday" in Scotland. It also went as far down into England as *br*Yorkshire. It lasted nearly four and a half minutes. *p*Jun 18 - Comet Wild 3 Perihelion (2.310 AU)*p*Jun 19 - ICO-A1 Atlas 2AS Launch*br*Jun 19 - Moon Occults Saturn*br*Jun 19 - Comet C/2000 CT54 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.156 AU)*br*Jun 19, -0548 (549 BC) The Chinese recorded a total solar eclipse.*p*Jun 20 - STS-104 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Station *br*Assembly Flight 7A*br*Jun 20 - Asteroid 1998 FX2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.996 AU)*br*Jun 20, 0540 An Anglo Saxon record of a solar eclipse.*br*Jun 20, 1955 A total solar eclipse lasted 7minutes and 8 seconds in the Philippines.*p*Jun 21 - Summer Solstice, 07:24 UT (Universal Time)*br*Jun 21 - Solar Eclipse, Visible From Southern Africa*br*Jun 21 - Moon Occults Jupiter*br*Jun 21 - Comet C/2001 K3 (Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth (1.904 AU)*br*Jun 21 - Asteroid 2001 KR1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.334 AU)*br*Jun 21, 0400 An eclipse of the Sun was recorded by Cicero. *br*Jun 21, 1629 The Chinese predicted eclipses, but not precisely.*br*Imperial astronomers predicted a Solar Eclipse for this date. Jesuit *br*missionaries insisted that the prediction was an hour early and that it would last only 2 minutes rather than two hours. The Jesuits*br*were correct. Due to this, the Emperor ordered that the Chinese calendar be revised.*p*Jun 22, 1633 Galileo Galilee is called up by the Inquisition because he defends the heliocentric world of Copernicus. *p*Jun 27 - Comet P/2000 O2 (Kushida) Perihelion (1.431 AU)*br*Jun 27 - Asteroid 1620 Geographos Near-Earth Flyby (0.267 AU)*br*Jun 27 - 5th Anniversary (1996), Galileo, Ganymede 1 Flyby*p*Jun 28 - 90th Anniversary (1911), Nakhla Meteorite Fall In Egypt*br*(Mars Meteorite)*p*Jun 28, 1451 The Seneca and Mohawk tribes were preparing for war *br*when a total solar eclipse happened. Both sides immediately sued for *br*peace. *p**br*Jun 29 - Asteroid 2001 BE10 Closest Approach To Earth (0.444 AU)*p*Jun 30 - Microwave Anisotrpy Probe (MAP) Delta 2 Launch*br*Jun 30 - Comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) Near-Earth Flyby (0.244 AU)*br*Jun 30 - 30th Anniversary (1971), Death Of 3 Cosmonauts On Soyuz 11*br*Note: none of the comets will likely be visible to the general viewer.*p**p*Space Calender info from: *p*http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/*p*Eclipse info comes from:*p*Listowner Solar Eclipse Mailing List:*br*To subscribe send E-mail to listserv@Aula.com*br*with in the body SUBSCRIBE SOLARECLIPSES name, country*p*http://www.MrEclipse.com/SENL/SENLinde.htm *br*







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