March 2002, StarDial
Jehana

Sat Mar  2 15:59:39 2002
  The StarDial March 2002*p*  Mar 01 - 20th Anniversary (1982), Venera 13 Venus Flyby/Landing*p*  March 02, 1904  There were 3 eclipses in March 1904:  1904 Mar 02 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, 1904 Mar 17 Annular Solar Eclipse and 1904 Mar 31 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse.  The next March with 3 eclipses will occur in 2295:  2295 Mar 02, 16, and 31st.*p*  Mar 03 - Comet C/2000 B4 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (6.560 AU)*br*  Mar 03 - Asteroid 2000 BM19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.140 AU)*p*  March 03, 1956  Death of Willem H. Keesom, Dutch physicist.  Researched on lower temperature whereas he got helium to exist in solid condition (1926).  *p*He discovered the two kind of helium (Helium I and II).   *p*  March 03, 1959  Launch of Pioneer 4 (US).  Passed Moon at 60,000km, first satellite in orbit around the Sun. *p*  March 03, 1985  Death of Iosif S. Shklovskii, Russian astronomer. He studied the corona and proved that its temperature exceeded a million degrees. *p*  March 03, 1990  Death of Charlotte E. M. Sitterly, American astronomer. In the late 20s, she worked together with Charles E. St. John and Harold Babcock at Mount Wilson Observatory on the study of the solar spectrum.  She analyzed the lines in the spectrum of sunspots.  Born in 1898, she published books about solar spectra till she was 90 years old.   *p*  Mar 04 - Intelsat 903 Proton K Launch*p*  Mar 04 - Asteroid 1998 XN17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.213 AU)*p*  March 04, -0180 (181 BC)  "Year 121 (SE), King An(tiochus), month XII, 29 solar eclipse beginning on the north-west side. In 15 deg day [. . .] over a third of the disk was eclipsed. When it began to become bright, in 15 deg day from north-west to east it became bright. 30 deg total duration. [During this eclipse] east (wind) went. During this eclipse [. . .], Venus, Mercury and Saturn [stood there]. Towards the end of becoming bright, Mars rose (?) The other planets did not stand there. (Began) at 30 deg (= 1) beru after*br*sunrise." Refers to a partial solar eclipse of 14 March 190 BC. Babylon.*p*  March 04, 1866  Sir Norman Lockyer started his spectroscopic observations of the Sun.  He proved quickly that sunspots were colder places. *p*  Mar 05 - Asteroid 2002 BP26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.117 AU)*p*  Mar 05 - Asteroid 5828 (1991 AM) Closest Approach To Earth (0.408 AU)*p*  Mar 05 - 20th Anniversary (1982), Venera 14 Venus Flyby/Landing*p*  March 05, -1222 (1223 BC)  In references the oldest record of a verifiable solar eclipse, on a clay tablet found in the ruins of Ugarit ( Syria). This was a total solar eclipse in North Africa and the Middle East. Totality at maximum was 3m55s.  Other references say "the sun went down" which also has the expression for "to set".*p*  Mar 06 - 3rd Quarter Moon, 1:26 UT*p*  Mar 06 - Asteroid 2001 CB21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)*p*  Mar 07 - IS-1 Delta 2 Launch*p*  Mar 07 - Asteroid 2002 CX58 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)*p*  Mar 07 - Asteroid 2001 YJ4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.330 AU)*p*  Mar 07 - John Herschel's 210th Birthday (1792)*p*  Mar 08 - TDRS-I Atlas II Launch*p*  Mar 08 - 25th Anniversary (1977), Discovery of Uranus' Rings*p*  Mar 08 - International Women's Day*p*  Mar 09 - Mercury Passes 1.2 Degrees From Uranus*p*  March 09, 1611  Johann Fabricius observed sunspots and calculated the rotation period of the sun.*p*  Mar 10 - Asteroid 31669 (1999 JT6) Near-Earth Flyby (0.191 AU)*p*  Mar 11 - Asteroid 1999 HF1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.177 AU)*p*  Mar 12 - Asteorid 2002 CZ9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)*p*  Mar 13 - Asteroid 2002 DH2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)*p*  Mar 13 - Asteroid 2002 BK25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)*p*  Mar 14 - Comet Hartley 3 Closest Approach To Earth (2.236 AU)*p*  Mar 14 - Dark Moon, 2:04 UT*p*  March 14, -0189 (190 BC)  "Year 121 (SE), King An(tiochus), month XII, 29 solar eclipse beginning on the north-west side. In 15 deg day [. . .] over a third of the disk was eclipsed. When it began to become bright, in 15 deg day from north-west to east it became bright. 30 deg total duration. [During this eclipse] east (wind) went. During this eclipse [. . .], Venus, Mercury and Saturn [stood there]. Towards the end of becoming bright, Mars rose (?) The other planets did not stand there. (Began) at 30 deg (= 1) beru after*br*sunrise." Refers to a partial solar eclipse of 14 March 190 BC. Babylon. Babylonian tablet in the British Museum. *p*  March 14, 1879  Birth of Albert Einstein (1879-1955), American  theoretical physicist, mainly known for his Theory of Relativity. *p*  Mar 15 - Comet C/2001 OG108 (LONEOS) Perihelion (0.994 AU)*p*  Mar 15 - Asteroid 1999 OR3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)*p*  Mar 15 - Islamic New Year*p*  Mar 16 - Asteroid 2000 GD2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)*p*  Mar 16 - Asteroid 2001 QD96 Near-Earth Flyby (0.255 AU)*p*  Mar 16 - Asteroid 2001 SL9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.279 AU)*p*  March 16, 1485  "In the year of salvation 1485, in the month of January, according to the ancient custom, the consuls of Augsburg . . . were elected.  On the 16th day of March, at the 3rd hour, during meal-time, the Sun was totally eclipsed. This produced such horrid darkness on our horizon for the space of half an hour that stars appeared in the sky. Crazed birds fell from the sky and bleating flocks and fearful herds of oxen unexpectedly began to*br*return from their pastures to their stables." Refers to a total solar*br*eclipse in Augsburg, Germany, of 16 March 1485. From: Achilli Pirmini*br*Gassari, Annales Augustburgenses.  Quoted in Historical Eclipses and Earth's Rotation, by F Richard Stephenson, Cambridge University Press, 1997.*p*  Mar 17 - Comet Gunn Closest Approach To Earth (2.414 AU)*p*  Mar 17 - Asteroid 11066 Sigurd Closest Approach To Earth (0.927 AU)*p*  Mar 17 - St. Patrick's Day*p*  Mar 18 - Comet C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang) Perihelion (0.507 AU)*p*  Mar 18 - Asteroid 1997 EH29 Closest Approach To Earth (0.932 AU)*p*  March 18, 0489  T'ai-ho reign period, 13th year, 2nd month, day i-hai, the first day of the month. The Sun was 8 fifteenths eclipsed.*p*  March 18, 2360  The next total solar eclipse on Mount Everest will be on March 18th 2360 (totality : 94 sec).  Make your reservations now.  Everest will experience a 97% eclipse during the total of 2009.  *p*  Mar 19 - Asteroid 2002 AF3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.273 AU)*p*  Mar 20 - Cosmos 1 Volna Launch (Solar Sail Mission)*p*  Mar 20 - Sun-Earth Day*p*  Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 19:03 UT*p*  Mar 20 - Moon Occults Saturn*p*  Mar 20 - Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.237 AU)*p*  Mar 20 - Asteroid 2001 TC2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.210 AU)*p*  Mar 20 - Asteroid 5645 (1990 SP) Near-Earth Flyby (0.314 AU)*p*  March 20, 1140  "Afterwards in lent the Sun and the day darkened about the noontide of the day, when men were eating, and they lighted candles to eat by; and that was the 13th of the Calends of April [20 March]. Men were greatly wonder-stricken." The Anglo Saxon Chronicle  Refers to the total solar eclipse of 20 March 1140.*p*  March 20, 1140  "During this year, in Lent, on the 13th of the Calends of April, at the 9th hour of the 4th day of the week, there was an eclipse, throughout England, as I have heard. With us, indeed, and with all our neighbours, the obscuration of the Sun also was so remarkable, that persons sitting at the table, as it then happened almost everywhere, for it was lent, at first feared that Chaos had come again: afterwards, learning the cause, they went out and beheld the stars around the Sun. It was thought and said by many not untruly, that the King [Stephen] would not continue a year*br*in government." William of Malmesbury Historia Novella, Lib. ii*br*sec.35.Refers to the total solar eclipse of 20 March 1140.*p*  March 21, 1762  Death of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer.  Did measurements of the parallax of the sun and the moon.  Observed transit of Venus in 1761.*p*  Mar 22 - 1st Quarter Moon, 2:29 UT*p*  Mar 22 - Comet Russell 2 Perihelion (2.290 AU)*p*  Mar 22 - Asteroid 2001 ED18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)*p*  Mar 22 - Asteroid 2002 BA1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.113 AU)*p*  Mar 23 - Wernher von Braun's 90th Birthday (1912)*p*  Mar 25 - Asteroid 2001 FC58 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)*p*  Mar 25 - Asteroid 2002 CX11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.171 AU)*p*  Mar 26 - Asteroid 2002 DO3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)*p*  Mar 27 - Passover begins at sundown*p*  Mar 28 - Full Moon, 18:26 UT*p*  Mar 28 - Comet C/2001 C1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (5.105 AU)*p*  Mar 28 - 200th Anniversary (1802), Olbers' Discovery Of Asteroid 2 Pallas*p*  Mar 29 - Asteroid 2001 KB67 Near-Earth Flyby (0.389 AU)*br* *br*  Mar 29 - 195th Anniversary (1807), Olbers' Discovery Of Asteroid 4 Vesta*p*  Mar 30 - Asteroid 2001 VB76 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)*p*  Mar 31 - Comet Kohoutek Closest Approach To Earth (2.492 AU) *p*  Mar 31 - Asteroid 2002 AG29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)*p*  Mar 31 - Easter Sunday







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