02-26-2014 Astronomy anniversaries and new asteroids

Asteroid discoveries:

None today

Comet discoveries:

None today

Today's astronomy anniversaries:

• Discoveries:
• None
• Events:
• None
• Births:
• 1928 (86 years ago)- Anatoly Filipchenko, a Russian cosmonaut on Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 16, is born in Davydovka, Russia.
• 1958 (56 years ago)- Susan J. Helms, an American astronaut on STS-54, STS-64, STS-78,   STS-101, STS-102, and STS-105, is born in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• Deaths:
• None

         Coming up later today:

I'll be finishing up Saturn's Rings guys! I promise this time, later today!