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
2020-08-02 01:54:15 S 21 35 03.413 -50 44 51.00 V C57
2020-08-02 01:54:15 s 1 +124714.67 8 +233455.94 840.0 C57
2020-08-02 02:04:15 S 21 35 00.526 -50 45 03.67 V C57
2020-08-02 02:04:15 s 1 +124506.06 0 +234106.63 5410.0 C57
2020-08-02 02:14:15 S 21 34 59.302 -50 45 10.84 V C57
2020-08-02 02:14:15 s 1 +124296.47 5 +234755.53 9830.0 C57
2020-08-02 02:34:15 S 21 34 55.428 -50 45 39.89 V C57
2020-08-02 02:34:15 s 1 +123874.43 4 +236047.94 8210.0 C57
2020-08-02 03:44:15 S 21 34 43.418 -50 46 52.68 V C57
2020-08-02 03:44:15 s 1 +122367.81 6 +240515.44 2830.0 C57
2020-08-02 03:54:15 S 21 34 40.589 -50 47 11.47 V C57
2020-08-02 03:54:15 s 1 +122148.92 7 +241146.61 5760.0 C57
2020-08-02 04:04:15 S 21 34 39.514 -50 47 11.76 V C57
2020-08-02 04:04:15 s 1 +121929.14 3 +241776.04 8550.0 C57
2020-08-02 04:14:15 S 21 34 37.344 -50 47 31.81 V C57
2020-08-02 04:14:15 s 1 +121708.46 9 +242403.72 1190.0 C57
2020-08-02 04:24:15 S 21 34 35.390 -50 47 43.44 V C57
2020-08-02 04:24:15 s 1 +121486.91 2 +243029.66 3680.0 C57
2020-08-02 04:54:15 S 21 34 29.779 -50 48 21.42 V C57
2020-08-02 04:54:15 s 1 +120816.99 9 +244897.09 320.0 C57
2020-08-02 05:04:15 S 21 34 29.431 -50 48 24.26 V C57
2020-08-02 05:04:15 s 1 +120591.96 8 +245516.12 2250.0 C57
2020-08-02 05:14:15 S 21 34 27.595 -50 48 32.98 V C57
2020-08-02 05:14:15 s 1 +120366.08 2 +246133.43 4040.0 C57
2020-08-02 05:24:15 S 21 34 25.798 -50 48 43.78 V C57
2020-08-02 05:24:15 s 1 +120139.34 8 +246749.03 5690.0 C57
2020-08-02 05:34:15 S 21 34 23.791 -50 48 57.74 V C57
2020-08-02 05:34:15 s 1 +119911.77 2 +247362.93 7200.0 C57
2020-08-02 05:44:15 S 21 34 21.430 -50 49 13.62 V C57
2020-08-02 05:44:15 s 1 +119683.35 9 +247975.11 8570.0 C57
2020-08-02 06:14:15 S 21 34 16.726 -50 49 50.77 V C57
2020-08-02 06:14:15 s 1 +118993.15 5 +249801.49 1870.0 C57
2020-08-02 06:24:15 S 21 34 14.551 -50 49 52.64 V C57
2020-08-02 06:24:15 s 1 +118761.45 0 +250406.90 2700.0 C57
2020-08-02 06:44:15 S 21 34 11.299 -50 50 24.18 V C57
2020-08-02 06:44:15 s 1 +118295.61 9 +251612.68 3950.0 C57
2020-08-02 07:04:15 S 21 34 06.857 -50 50 45.28 V C57
2020-08-02 07:04:15 s 1 +117826.59 3 +252811.75 4660.0 C57
2020-08-02 07:14:15 S 21 34 05.412 -50 50 55.64 V C57
2020-08-02 07:14:15 s 1 +117590.89 6 +253408.79 4820.0 C57
2020-08-02 07:34:15 S 21 34 02.333 -50 51 15.16 V C57
2020-08-02 07:34:15 s 1 +117117.15 9 +254597.87 4740.0 C57
2020-08-02 07:54:15 S 21 33 58.546 -50 51 37.91 V C57
2020-08-02 07:54:15 s 1 +116640.33 3 +255780.33 4130.0 C57
2020-08-02 08:14:15 S 21 33 54.701 -50 52 01.70 V C57
2020-08-02 08:14:15 s 1 +116160.45 7 +256956.20 3010.0 C57
2020-08-02 08:24:15 S 21 33 53.213 -50 52 21.11 V C57
2020-08-02 08:24:15 s 1 +115919.38 9 +257541.67 2250.0 C57
2020-08-02 08:44:15 S 21 33 49.764 -50 52 39.72 V C57
2020-08-02 08:44:15 s 1 +115435.01 5 +258707.71 360.0 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)