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NOTES:
SD refers to Sol Date, the dating system for the interplanetary calendars.
The lune is the current sidereal period of the moon in a series of ten sidereal periods named after
mythological figures related to the moon from cultures around the world with the decalune (the
entire series) serving as a calibration device between interplanetary calendars of the solar system.
The top number for any given day is the day of the year in that calendar. This is followed by the
name of the day of the week below, the name of the month in that calendar below that, the day of
the month, and finally the hours in that calendar day.
In the Mercannum & Mercudiary, there are also listed after the day of the year which of two solar
days, four years, and six sidereal days ("sida", singular "sidum") is current in the regular
installment period of four years per Mercannum & Mercudiary.
The year of each calendar is listed to the left along with the hemiannum for the Areannum, the
quintannum for the Cereannum, the zodium for the Joviannum, and the zodium and elementium
for the Saturannum, Urannum, and Neptannum. (These are periods longer than a month, but less
than a native year for these worlds.) For years listed with period separators the first number is the
year, the second number is the zodium (quintannum in the Cereannum) and the third number (if
there is one) is the elementium.
For the Areannum and the Cereannum the days are slightly longer than the rest of the
interplanetary calendars, so the days and days of the week don't match up with the rest of the
calendars very often.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are the inner planets and super planetoid worlds. Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, and Neptune are the outer planets and super nimboid worlds. Ceres, Pluto, Haumea,
Makemake, and Eris are dwarf planets and super cometoid worlds.
Because the native days of Mercury and Venus are too long for useful human calendar days and
those of the gas giants are too short and all are likely to be irrelevant to human exploration for
some time as none provides hospitable surfaces if any the calendar days for these worlds are
artificial days. Their names have been spelled in an alternate form to indicate this. The days of the
week of the Terrannum and the Areannum are not altered because their calendar days are or are
very nearly native days, although, the name "Wednesday" has been shortened in the Areannum to
"Wensday", which is carried over into the other interplanetary calendars as "Wensde". In the
Cereannum "Wensdea" is used as all the calendar days of the Cereannum are compound artificial
days, three native days in one calendar day, "tridea", and each "trideum" is thus given the plural
suffix "-dea" in its name to indicate that each calendar day on Ceres, which although it's rotational
period is shorter than the gas giants', has a surface useful for human (and robotic) exploration,
has three native days of slightly more than 9 hours (on average by the Cereannum) within it, thus
serving as shifts in a 'round-the-clock (here, the Cerechronum) work schedule.
Times given with the Areannum are the time of day in Universal Earth Time/Terrachronum
(UET/TC), which is equivalent to Universal Time (UT) in the Terrannum in which the given day of
the Areannum begins at the Martian meridian, which is 0:00 Universal Mars Time/Arechronum
(UMT/AC). Times given with phases of the Moon in the Terrannum are given in UET/TC. Daylight
Saving Time, where indicated, is given in the USA standard.
Meteor shower indications are for peak dates.
NM = New Moon; FQ = First Quarter; FM = Full Moon; TQ = Third Quarter
Seasons are: winmer (N winter/S summer), sprill (N spring/S fall), sumter (N summer/S winter),
and fang (N fall/S spring: pronounced "fong").
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Lune
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Oct. 11, 2010 CE
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Oct. 12, 2010 CE
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Oct. 13, 2010 CE
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Oct. 14, 2010 CE
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Oct. 15, 2010 CE
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Oct. 16, 2010 CE
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Oct. 17, 2010 CE
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Soma
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Apollo 7 launch, -32 SD Soyuz 6 launch, -31 SD Soyuz 25 landing, -23 SD Soyuz 37 landing, -20 SD Magellan Venus burn, -6 SD STS-92 launch to ISS, 0 SD Soyuz TMA-6 landing, 5 SD Soyuz TMA-14 landing, 9 SD
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Voskhod 1 launch (1st multi-person spacecraft), -36 SD Soyuz 7 launch, -31 SD Shenzhou 6 launch, 5 SD Soyuz TMA-13 launch to ISS, 8 SD Earthman's Almanac Online (1st interplanetary almanac online), 9 SD
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Voskhod 1 landing, -36 SD Soyuz 8 launch, -31 SD STS-92 dock w/ ISS, 0 SD Cassini distant Rhea flyby, 9 SD
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X-15 Flight 153, -35 SD Soyuz 23 launch to Salyut 5 (failed to dock), -24 SD Venera 16 Venus orbit, -17 SD Progress M-46 deorbit, 2 SD Soyuz TMA-5 launch to ISS, 4 SD
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Cassini launch, -3 SD Shenzhou 5 orbits Earth, 3 SD Progress M-03M launch to ISS, 9 SD
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Soyuz 6 landing, -31 SD Soyuz 23 landing (1st Soviet splashdown, unplanned), -24 SD STS-112 undock w/ ISS, 2 SD Shenzhou 6 landing, 5 SD
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X-15 Flight 190, -33 SD Soyuz 7 landing, -31 SD GOES 1 launch (1st geosynchronous weather satellite), -25 SD New Horizon halfway to Pluto, 10 SD
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Mercannum & Mercudiary™ 45 MA
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65
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66
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67
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68
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69
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70
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71
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Monde
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Tuesde
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Wensde
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Thursde
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Fride
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Saturde
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Sunde
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Diluculus
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Diluculus
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Diluculus
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Diluculus
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Diluculus
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Diluculus
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Diluculus
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2nd Sideum
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2nd Sideum
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2nd Sideum
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2nd Sideum
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2nd Sideum
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2nd Sideum
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2nd Sideum
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1st Year
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1st Year
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1st Year
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1st Year
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1st Year
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1st Year
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1st Year
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1st Solar Day
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1st Solar Day
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1st Solar Day
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1st Solar Day
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1st Solar Day
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1st Solar Day
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1st Solar Day
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7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
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24
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
24
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Venannum™ 17 VA
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36
|
37
|
38
|
39
|
40
|
41
|
42
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Monde
|
Tuesde
|
Wensde
|
Thursde
|
Fride
|
Saturde
|
Sunde
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Aphrodite
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Aphrodite
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Aphrodite
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Aphrodite
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Aphrodite
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Aphrodite
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Aphrodite
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8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
24
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Terrannum™ 10 TA
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294
|
295
|
296
|
297
|
298
|
299
|
300
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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Piscia
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Piscia
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Piscia
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Piscia
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Piscia
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Piscia
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Piscia
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14
|
15
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16
|
17
|
18
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19
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20
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24
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24
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24
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24 21:27 FQ 1999 VO6 Near-Earth flyby
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24
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24
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24
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Areannum™ Outer Hemiannum, 5 AA
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491
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492
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493
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494
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495
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496
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497
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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wensday
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Thursday
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Antares
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Antares
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Antares
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Antares
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Antares
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Antares
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Antares
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16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
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16:00
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16:00
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17:00
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18:00
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18:00
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19:00
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20:00
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24
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25
|
25
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24 2009 BU5 Near-Mars flyby
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25
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25
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24
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Cereannum™ Scorpium, 2.5 CeA
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1,274
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1,275
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1,276
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1,277
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1,278
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1,279
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1,280
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Mondea
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Tuesdea
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Wensdea
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Thursdea
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Fridea
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Saturdea
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Sundea
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Gefia
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Gefia
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Gefia
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Gefia
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Gefia
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Gefia
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Gefia
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19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
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27
|
27
|
27
|
27
|
28
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27
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27
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Joviannum™ Aquarium, 1.6 JA
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2,013
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2,014
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2,015
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2,016
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2,017
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2,018
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2,019
|
Monde
|
Tuesde
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Wensde
|
Thursde
|
Fride
|
Saturde
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Sunde
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Elaramon
|
Elaramon
|
Elaramon
|
Elaramon
|
Elaramon
|
Elaramon
|
Elaramon
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13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
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24
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24 P/1998U4 Near-Jupiter flyby
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24
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
24
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Saturannum™ Scorpium Lithium, 0.9.3 SA
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8,088
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8,089
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8,090
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8,091
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8,092
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8,093
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8,094
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Monde
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Tuesde
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Wensde
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Thursde
|
Fride
|
Saturde
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Sunde
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Enceladumon
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Enceladumon
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Enceladumon
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Enceladumon
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Enceladumon
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Enceladumon
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Enceladumon
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6
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7
|
8
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9
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10
|
11
|
12
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24
|
24
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24
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24 Cassini Titan flyby
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24
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24 Cassini Polydeuces, Mimas, Pallene, Telesto, Methone, Aegaeon distant flybys
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24 Cassini Dione, Rhea distant flybys
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Urannum™ Piscium Helium, 1.1.2 UA
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593
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594
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595
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596
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597
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598
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599
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Monde
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Tuesde
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Wensde
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Thursde
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Fride
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Saturde
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Sunde
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Juliettemon
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Juliettemon
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Juliettemon
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Juliettemon
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Juliettemon
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Juliettemon
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Juliettemon
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4
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5
|
6
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7
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24
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24
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24
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24
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24
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24
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24
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Neptannum™ Sagittarium Helium, 0.4.2 NA
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15,689
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15,690
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15,691
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15,692
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15,693
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15,694
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15,695
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Monde
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Tuesde
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Wensde
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Thursde
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Fride
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Saturde
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Sunde
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Despinamon
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Despinamon
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Despinamon
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Despinamon
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Despinamon
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Thalassamon
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Thalassamon
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24
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25
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26
|
27
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28
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1
|
2
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24
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24
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24
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24
|
24
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24
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24
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