1566 Icarus (1949 MA)

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.8270057286 ± 2.08e-08
Semi-major axis (a)1.0780378356 AU ± 7.96e-10
Inclination (i)22.80322165° ± 4.67e-06
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)87.95241860° ± 1.45e-06
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)31.43821085° ± 2.76e-06
Mean Anomaly (M)153.07893635° ± 3.50e-06
Mean Motion (n)0.8805646990°/day ± 9.75e-10
Perihelion dist (q)0.18649437 AU ± 2.24e-08
Aphelion dist (Q)1.96958130 AU ± 2.25e-08
Orbital Period1.11931160 yr ± 1.24e-09
NGA Modelr2
A2-4.25335087e-15 ± 1.75e-16 AU/d²
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)16.53
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-05-31
RMS Residual0.450″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.033646 AU
Observations Used1864
Radar Obs Used23
Gaia Obs Used31
Oppositions7
Arc Total1949-2025
First Observation Used1949-06-27
Last Observation Used2025-08-18
Observations (2297)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2020-07-31 19:34:15 S 21 40 28.414 -50 09 24.70 V C57
2020-07-31 19:34:15 s 1 +134780.73 0 +78987.674 5100.0 C57
2020-07-31 19:44:15 S 21 40 26.366 -50 09 39.78 V C57
2020-07-31 19:44:15 s 1 +134987.68 7 +80070.435 5700.0 C57
2020-07-31 20:04:15 S 21 40 23.863 -50 09 57.85 V C57
2020-07-31 20:04:15 s 1 +135386.62 3 +82227.050 5010.0 C57
2020-07-31 20:14:15 S 21 40 21.802 -50 10 07.10 V C57
2020-07-31 20:14:15 s 1 +135578.72 4 +83300.907 3720.0 C57
2020-07-31 20:34:15 S 21 40 17.729 -50 10 26.98 V C57
2020-07-31 20:34:15 s 1 +135948.48 9 +85439.730 9320.0 C57
2020-07-31 20:54:15 S 21 40 14.174 -50 10 58.69 V C57
2020-07-31 20:54:15 s 1 +136299.38 9 +87566.717 2510.0 C57
2020-07-31 21:34:15 S 21 40 06.754 -50 11 47.51 V C57
2020-07-31 21:34:15 s 1 +136946.38 4 +91785.286 1920.0 C57
2020-07-31 21:44:15 S 21 40 04.932 -50 12 03.31 V C57
2020-07-31 21:44:15 s 1 +137097.02 8 +92832.575 5350.0 C57
2020-07-31 21:54:15 S 21 40 03.058 -50 12 13.18 V C57
2020-07-31 21:54:15 s 1 +137243.33 4 +93876.932 8240.0 C57
2020-07-31 22:04:15 S 21 40 01.258 -50 12 20.92 V C57
2020-07-31 22:04:15 s 1 +137385.35 2 +94918.361 570.0 C57
2020-07-31 22:14:15 S 21 39 59.590 -50 12 36.72 V C57
2020-07-31 22:14:15 s 1 +137523.13 4 +95956.868 2360.0 C57
2020-07-31 22:34:15 S 21 39 56.033 -50 12 59.69 V C57
2020-07-31 22:34:15 s 1 +137786.17 9 +98025.134 4340.0 C57
2020-07-31 22:44:15 S 21 39 54.341 -50 13 10.27 V C57
2020-07-31 22:44:15 s 1 +137911.53 8 +99054.905 4550.0 C57
2020-07-31 22:54:15 S 21 39 51.986 -50 13 16.93 V C57
2020-07-31 22:54:15 s 1 +138032.85 2 +100081.77 4230.0 C57
2020-07-31 23:14:15 S 21 39 49.166 -50 13 50.70 V C57
2020-07-31 23:14:15 s 1 +138263.52 3 +102126.83 2060.0 C57
2020-07-31 23:34:15 S 21 39 45.869 -50 14 06.97 V C57
2020-07-31 23:34:15 s 1 +138478.55 3 +104160.36 7890.0 C57
2020-08-01 00:04:15 S 21 39 40.166 -50 14 44.88 V C57
2020-08-01 00:04:15 s 1 +138772.52 9 +107189.14 7950.0 C57
2020-08-01 00:14:15 S 21 39 37.942 -50 15 02.12 V C57
2020-08-01 00:14:15 s 1 +138863.07 0 +108193.03 3680.0 C57
2020-08-01 00:24:15 S 21 39 35.892 -50 15 06.77 V C57
2020-08-01 00:24:15 s 1 +138949.95 5 +109194.07 8940.0 C57
2020-08-01 00:34:15 S 21 39 34.250 -50 15 23.65 V C57
2020-08-01 00:34:15 s 1 +139033.22 4 +110192.28 3730.0 C57
2020-08-01 00:54:15 S 21 39 31.147 -50 15 43.88 V C57
2020-08-01 00:54:15 s 1 +139189.06 7 +112180.21 1940.0 C57
2020-08-01 01:04:15 S 21 39 29.959 -50 15 54.11 V C57
2020-08-01 01:04:15 s 1 +139261.72 0 +113169.95 5360.0 C57
2020-08-01 01:14:15 S 21 39 27.259 -50 16 06.60 V C57
2020-08-01 01:14:15 s 1 +139330.91 0 +114156.88 8330.0 C57
2020-08-01 02:04:15 S 21 39 18.252 -50 17 13.92 V C57
2020-08-01 02:04:15 s 1 +139626.20 4 +119049.69 6640.0 C57
2020-08-01 02:14:15 S 21 39 16.061 -50 17 19.82 V C57
2020-08-01 02:14:15 s 1 +139675.38 1 +120019.93 7020.0 C57
Radar Observations (40)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
1968-06-14 05:30:00 115417.1 3 Hz 2388 -14 -13
1968-06-14 19:00:00 50487.7 4 Hz 7840 -2 -2
1968-06-14 22:20:00 -10324.1 3 Hz 2388 -14 -13
1968-06-14.229167 11541710 100 Hz 2388 252 253
1968-06-14.791667 5048770 400 Hz 7840 254 254
1968-06-14.930556 -1032410 100 Hz 2388 252 253
1968-06-15 03:00:00 -167331.6 4 Hz 7840 -2 -2
1968-06-15 04:30:00 -61207.2 3 Hz 2388 -14 -13
1968-06-15 09:40:00 -104441.9 3 Hz 2388 -14 -13
1968-06-15.125000 -16733160 400 Hz 7840 254 254
1968-06-15.187500 -6120720 100 Hz 2388 252 253
1968-06-15.402778 -10444190 100 Hz 2388 252 253
1968-06-16 01:40:00 -202453.5 3 Hz 2388 -14 -13
1968-06-16 06:30:00 -234710 3 Hz 2388 -14 -13
1968-06-16 10:00:00 -255404.7 3 Hz 2388 -14 -13
1968-06-16.069444 -20245350 100 Hz 2388 252 253
1968-06-16.270833 -23471000 100 Hz 2388 252 253
1968-06-16.416667 -25540470 100 Hz 2388 252 253
1996-06-08 14:00:00 560070 10 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1996-06-08.583333 56007000 1000 Hz 8510 253 253
1996-06-10 14:00:00 153114 10 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1996-06-10.583333 15311400 1000 Hz 8510 253 253
2015-06-13 23:50:00 1123284.559 5 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2015-06-14 00:30:00 70583814.78 20 us 8560 -14 -14
2015-06-14 01:10:00 70272229.12 3 us 8560 -14 -14
2015-06-14 23:30:00 822302.025 5 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2015-06-15 00:00:00 60903291.94 2.5 us 8560 -14 -14
2015-06-16 23:20:00 53984215.88 2.5 us 8560 -14 -14
2015-06-18 00:02:00 58591220.063 0.4 us 2380 -1 -1
2015-06-18 00:58:00 58866141.404 0.4 us 2380 -1 -1
2015-06-18 23:41:00 67308377.46 1 us 2380 -1 -1
2015-06-18.001389 585912200630 4000 us 2380 251 251
2015-06-18.040278 588661414040 4000 us 2380 251 251
2015-06-18.986806 673083774600 10000 us 2380 251 251
2015-06-19 01:37:00 68163275.576 1 us 2380 -1 -1
2015-06-19.067361 681632755760 10000 us 2380 251 251
2015-06-20 00:58:00 79708409.313 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2015-06-20 01:33:00 80022300.658 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2015-06-20.040278 797084093130 20000 us 2380 251 251
2015-06-20.064583 800223006580 20000 us 2380 251 251
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -13 DSS-13 Goldstone (34-m) -2 Haystack (37-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)