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2016 REMARKABLEEVENTS |  | | Live Webcast and Activities | |
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 | 1966, Luna 9 February 1966, The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon | |
 | 1966, Luna 10 March1966: The Soviet Union launches Luna 10, which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon | |
 | 1966, Surveyor 1 June 1966: Surveyor program : Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S.spacecraft to soft-land on another world | |
 | 1966, Lunar Orbiter 1 August 1966: Lunar Orbiter 1, the first U.S. spacecraft to orbit the Moon, is launched | |
 | 1966, Lunar Orbiter 2 November 1966: Lunar Orbiter 2 is launched | |
 | 1966, Venera 3 March 1966, Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes on Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface | |
 | 1976, Viking 1, Viking 2 July 1976, The Viking 1 lander touched down on the surface of Mars September 1976, The Viking 2 lander touched down on the surface of Mars | |
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Changes of season |
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Spring |
20 March |
04 h 30 m UT |
Summer |
20 June |
22 h 34 m UT |
Autumm |
22 September |
14 h 21 m UT |
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Perihelion (minimum distance) |
2 January |
147.095.995 km |
Afhelion (maximum distance) |
4 July |
152.093.527 km |
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Mercury |
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< < | Transit of Mercury, 9th May 2016 |
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- Ephemerids from ROA
- Eclipse Homepage
from NASA
- http://olympus.umons.ac.be/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ephemerides-olympus-2012.pdf
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