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
2020-08-01 02:24:15 S 21 39 14.532 -50 17 33.25 V C57
2020-08-01 02:24:15 s 1 +139721.34 4 +120987.42 6980.0 C57
2020-08-01 02:34:15 S 21 39 13.049 -50 17 45.85 V C57
2020-08-01 02:34:15 s 1 +139764.12 7 +121952.17 6530.0 C57
2020-08-01 02:44:15 S 21 39 11.429 -50 17 51.97 V C57
2020-08-01 02:44:15 s 1 +139803.76 4 +122914.17 5660.0 C57
2020-08-01 03:24:15 S 21 39 04.171 -50 18 40.18 V C57
2020-08-01 03:24:15 s 1 +139931.48 4 +126734.95 8190.0 C57
2020-08-01 03:34:15 S 21 39 02.287 -50 18 52.63 V C57
2020-08-01 03:34:15 s 1 +139955.86 5 +127683.38 5340.0 C57
2020-08-01 03:44:15 S 21 39 00.600 -50 19 00.08 V C57
2020-08-01 03:44:15 s 1 +139977.28 8 +128629.11 2100.0 C57
2020-08-01 03:54:15 S 21 38 58.318 -50 19 16.61 V C57
2020-08-01 03:54:15 s 1 +139995.78 3 +129572.16 8480.0 C57
2020-08-01 04:04:15 S 21 38 56.287 -50 19 26.58 V C57
2020-08-01 04:04:15 s 1 +140011.37 9 +130512.54 4470.0 C57
2020-08-01 04:14:15 S 21 38 55.550 -50 19 41.38 V C57
2020-08-01 04:14:15 s 1 +140024.10 5 +131450.25 90.0 C57
2020-08-01 04:34:15 S 21 38 51.360 -50 20 07.19 V C57
2020-08-01 04:34:15 s 1 +140041.06 2 +133317.69 220.0 C57
2020-08-01 04:44:15 S 21 38 49.037 -50 20 20.62 V C57
2020-08-01 04:44:15 s 1 +140045.35 0 +134247.44 4730.0 C57
2020-08-01 04:54:15 S 21 38 47.700 -50 20 26.56 V C57
2020-08-01 04:54:15 s 1 +140046.88 0 +135174.56 8870.0 C57
2020-08-01 05:04:15 S 21 38 45.427 -50 20 47.40 V C57
2020-08-01 05:04:15 s 1 +140045.68 1 +136099.05 2660.0 C57
2020-08-01 05:14:15 S 21 38 44.304 -50 20 52.30 V C57
2020-08-01 05:14:15 s 1 +140041.77 8 +137020.92 6090.0 C57
2020-08-01 05:24:15 S 21 38 42.101 -50 21 04.46 V C57
2020-08-01 05:24:15 s 1 +140035.19 8 +137940.18 9170.0 C57
2020-08-01 05:34:15 S 21 38 40.308 -50 21 17.03 V C57
2020-08-01 05:34:15 s 1 +140025.96 8 +138856.84 1900.0 C57
2020-08-01 05:44:15 S 21 38 39.000 -50 21 26.64 V C57
2020-08-01 05:44:15 s 1 +140014.11 2 +139770.90 4280.0 C57
2020-08-01 06:04:15 S 21 38 35.237 -50 21 50.83 V C57
2020-08-01 06:04:15 s 1 +139982.62 7 +141591.28 8010.0 C57
2020-08-01 06:24:15 S 21 38 31.320 -50 22 19.63 V C57
2020-08-01 06:24:15 s 1 +139940.94 3 +143401.36 390.0 C57
2020-08-01 06:34:15 S 21 38 29.378 -50 22 22.15 V C57
2020-08-01 06:34:15 s 1 +139916.33 6 +144302.57 1080.0 C57
2020-08-01 06:44:15 S 21 38 28.550 -50 22 42.64 V C57
2020-08-01 06:44:15 s 1 +139889.25 2 +145201.23 1440.0 C57
2020-08-01 07:24:15 S 21 38 20.942 -50 23 23.21 V C57
2020-08-01 07:24:15 s 1 +139756.60 5 +148770.57 9640.0 C57
2020-08-01 07:44:15 S 21 38 16.738 -50 23 48.16 V C57
2020-08-01 07:44:15 s 1 +139676.01 1 +150540.16 6830.0 C57
2020-08-01 07:54:15 S 21 38 15.509 -50 24 02.09 V C57
2020-08-01 07:54:15 s 1 +139632.22 4 +151421.22 4960.0 C57
2020-08-01 08:04:15 S 21 38 13.778 -50 24 12.82 V C57
2020-08-01 08:04:15 s 1 +139586.13 9 +152299.79 2780.0 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)