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 17:04:15 S 21 32 20.594 -51 02 00.78 V C57
2020-08-02 17:04:15 s 1 +102458.80 4 +285816.12 8530.0 C57
2020-08-02 17:14:15 S 21 32 18.031 -51 02 12.19 V C57
2020-08-02 17:14:15 s 1 +102184.09 6 +286319.73 1670.0 C57
2020-08-02 17:34:15 S 21 32 13.927 -51 02 37.36 V C57
2020-08-02 17:34:15 s 1 +101633.08 8 +287322.59 7640.0 C57
2020-08-02 17:44:15 S 21 32 12.730 -51 02 49.34 V C57
2020-08-02 17:44:15 s 1 +101356.79 5 +287821.84 470.0 C57
2020-08-02 17:54:15 S 21 32 11.273 -51 02 53.77 V C57
2020-08-02 17:54:15 s 1 +101079.97 9 +288319.64 3200.0 C57
2020-08-02 18:24:15 S 21 32 05.926 -51 03 28.08 V C57
2020-08-02 18:24:15 s 1 +100246.43 4 +289804.37 780.0 C57
2020-08-02 18:34:15 S 21 32 03.773 -51 03 47.92 V C57
2020-08-02 18:34:15 s 1 +99967.563 0 +290296.40 3100.0 C57
2020-08-02 18:44:15 S 21 32 02.057 -51 03 59.51 V C57
2020-08-02 18:44:15 s 1 +99688.187 0 +290787.00 5320.0 C57
2020-08-02 18:54:15 S 21 32 00.055 -51 04 06.35 V C57
2020-08-02 18:54:15 s 1 +99408.307 0 +291276.16 7440.0 C57
2020-08-02 19:04:15 S 21 31 58.298 -51 04 18.41 V C57
2020-08-02 19:04:15 s 1 +99127.929 0 +291763.90 9470.0 C57
2020-08-02 19:24:15 S 21 31 54.293 -51 04 38.82 V C57
2020-08-02 19:24:15 s 1 +98565.685 0 +292735.10 3210.0 C57
2020-08-02 19:34:15 S 21 31 52.589 -51 04 52.86 V C57
2020-08-02 19:34:15 s 1 +98283.826 0 +293218.56 4940.0 C57
2020-08-02 19:54:15 S 21 31 49.728 -51 05 12.44 V C57
2020-08-02 19:54:15 s 1 +97718.651 0 +294181.24 8090.0 C57
2020-08-02 20:04:15 S 21 31 48.358 -51 05 20.94 V C57
2020-08-02 20:04:15 s 1 +97435.340 0 +294660.46 9520.0 C57
2020-08-02 20:44:15 S 21 31 40.562 -51 06 07.78 V C57
2020-08-02 20:44:15 s 1 +96297.345 0 +296563.27 4280.0 C57
2020-08-02 21:04:15 S 21 31 37.200 -51 06 31.90 V C57
2020-08-02 21:04:15 s 1 +95725.538 0 +297506.27 6080.0 C57
2020-08-02 21:24:15 S 21 31 33.077 -51 06 57.20 V C57
2020-08-02 21:24:15 s 1 +95151.889 0 +298443.70 7500.0 C57
2020-08-02 21:44:15 S 21 31 29.777 -51 07 21.18 V C57
2020-08-02 21:44:15 s 1 +94576.421 0 +299375.56 8540.0 C57
2020-08-02 22:44:15 S 21 31 19.284 -51 08 23.28 V C57
2020-08-02 22:44:15 s 1 +92839.328 0 +302138.05 9420.0 C57
2020-08-02 22:54:15 S 21 31 16.968 -51 08 26.95 V C57
2020-08-02 22:54:15 s 1 +92548.283 0 +302593.66 9240.0 C57
2020-08-02 23:04:15 S 21 31 15.588 -51 08 45.67 V C57
2020-08-02 23:04:15 s 1 +92256.808 0 +303047.90 8970.0 C57
2020-08-02 23:54:15 S 21 31 06.343 -51 09 43.06 V C57
2020-08-02 23:54:15 s 1 +90793.077 0 +305298.72 6260.0 C57
2020-08-03 00:04:15 S 21 31 04.613 -51 09 56.41 V C57
2020-08-03 00:04:15 s 1 +90499.079 0 +305744.82 5450.0 C57
2020-08-03 00:14:15 S 21 31 03.043 -51 10 12.18 V C57
2020-08-03 00:14:15 s 1 +90204.669 0 +306189.58 4540.0 C57
2020-08-03 00:34:15 S 21 30 59.220 -51 10 27.16 V C57
2020-08-03 00:34:15 s 1 +89614.625 0 +307075.05 2470.0 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)