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 17:14:15 S 21 36 35.503 -50 34 51.35 V C57
2020-08-01 17:14:15 s 1 +134041.69 2 +197017.45 660.0 C57
2020-08-01 17:34:15 S 21 36 31.666 -50 35 14.24 V C57
2020-08-01 17:34:15 s 1 +133745.49 9 +198517.97 8020.0 C57
2020-08-01 17:44:15 S 21 36 29.647 -50 35 17.59 V C57
2020-08-01 17:44:15 s 1 +133595.28 7 +199265.11 1400.0 C57
2020-08-01 17:54:15 S 21 36 28.634 -50 35 39.62 V C57
2020-08-01 17:54:15 s 1 +133443.68 1 +200010.19 4570.0 C57
2020-08-01 18:04:15 S 21 36 26.582 -50 35 52.66 V C57
2020-08-01 18:04:15 s 1 +133290.69 0 +200753.21 7550.0 C57
2020-08-01 18:24:15 S 21 36 23.446 -50 36 10.30 V C57
2020-08-01 18:24:15 s 1 +132980.59 7 +202233.08 2890.0 C57
2020-08-01 18:34:15 S 21 36 20.981 -50 36 29.02 V C57
2020-08-01 18:34:15 s 1 +132823.51 6 +202969.95 5270.0 C57
2020-08-01 18:54:15 S 21 36 17.402 -50 36 47.48 V C57
2020-08-01 18:54:15 s 1 +132505.33 8 +204437.59 9440.0 C57
2020-08-01 19:04:15 S 21 36 15.396 -50 37 00.84 V C57
2020-08-01 19:04:15 s 1 +132344.26 1 +205168.37 1230.0 C57
2020-08-01 19:24:15 S 21 36 12.506 -50 37 23.95 V C57
2020-08-01 19:24:15 s 1 +132018.18 1 +206623.88 4240.0 C57
2020-08-01 19:34:15 S 21 36 10.454 -50 37 36.66 V C57
2020-08-01 19:34:15 s 1 +131853.19 8 +207348.61 5460.0 C57
2020-08-01 20:34:15 S 21 35 59.810 -50 38 44.95 V C57
2020-08-01 20:34:15 s 1 +130836.70 5 +211655.22 8830.0 C57
2020-08-01 20:54:15 S 21 35 56.004 -50 38 57.23 V C57
2020-08-01 20:54:15 s 1 +130487.96 8 +213074.96 8480.0 C57
2020-08-01 21:04:15 S 21 35 54.569 -50 39 11.95 V C57
2020-08-01 21:04:15 s 1 +130311.78 3 +213781.89 8030.0 C57
2020-08-01 21:44:15 S 21 35 47.688 -50 39 57.35 V C57
2020-08-01 21:44:15 s 1 +129595.14 5 +216590.16 4460.0 C57
2020-08-01 21:54:15 S 21 35 45.432 -50 40 16.93 V C57
2020-08-01 21:54:15 s 1 +129413.05 4 +217287.40 3130.0 C57
2020-08-01 22:24:15 S 21 35 40.169 -50 40 49.37 V C57
2020-08-01 22:24:15 s 1 +128859.88 2 +219367.58 8080.0 C57
2020-08-01 22:34:15 S 21 35 38.227 -50 41 02.90 V C57
2020-08-01 22:34:15 s 1 +128673.21 9 +220057.15 6050.0 C57
2020-08-01 22:44:15 S 21 35 36.024 -50 41 14.21 V C57
2020-08-01 22:44:15 s 1 +128485.43 5 +220744.82 3860.0 C57
2020-08-01 22:54:15 S 21 35 35.546 -50 41 18.71 V C57
2020-08-01 22:54:15 s 1 +128296.53 6 +221430.59 1490.0 C57
2020-08-01 23:04:15 S 21 35 33.310 -50 41 39.70 V C57
2020-08-01 23:04:15 s 1 +128106.53 1 +222114.47 8950.0 C57
2020-08-01 23:34:15 S 21 35 28.274 -50 42 09.43 V C57
2020-08-01 23:34:15 s 1 +127529.96 1 +224154.82 340.0 C57
2020-08-02 00:04:15 S 21 35 22.596 -50 42 37.30 V C57
2020-08-02 00:04:15 s 1 +126943.71 8 +226178.32 240.0 C57
2020-08-02 01:34:15 S 21 35 06.048 -50 44 34.98 V C57
2020-08-02 01:34:15 s 1 +125128.98 9 +232149.15 1240.0 C57
2020-08-02 01:44:15 S 21 35 04.493 -50 44 42.83 V C57
2020-08-02 01:44:15 s 1 +124922.32 3 +232803.45 6120.0 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)