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
2020-08-03 00:44:15 S 21 30 57.089 -51 10 37.96 V C57
2020-08-03 00:44:15 s 1 +89318.996 0 +307515.77 1300.0 C57
2020-08-03 00:54:15 S 21 30 55.550 -51 10 53.76 V C57
2020-08-03 00:54:15 s 1 +89022.966 0 +307955.15 40.0 C57
2020-08-03 01:04:15 S 21 30 54.516 -51 10 58.80 V C57
2020-08-03 01:04:15 s 1 +88726.537 0 +308393.19 8700.0 C57
2020-08-03 01:44:15 S 21 30 46.510 -51 11 47.90 V C57
2020-08-03 01:44:15 s 1 +87536.884 0 +310132.05 2440.0 C57
2020-08-03 01:54:15 S 21 30 45.343 -51 11 54.28 V C57
2020-08-03 01:54:15 s 1 +87238.499 0 +310563.45 660.0 C57
2020-08-03 02:24:15 S 21 30 40.145 -51 12 24.01 V C57
2020-08-03 02:24:15 s 1 +86341.049 0 +311849.70 4800.0 C57
2020-08-03 02:44:15 S 21 30 35.765 -51 12 54.86 V C57
2020-08-03 02:44:15 s 1 +85740.861 0 +312700.63 460.0 C57
2020-08-03 03:04:15 S 21 30 32.474 -51 13 08.22 V C57
2020-08-03 03:04:15 s 1 +85139.185 0 +313546.30 5780.0 C57
2020-08-03 03:44:15 S 21 30 25.387 -51 13 54.73 V C57
2020-08-03 03:44:15 s 1 +83931.442 0 +315221.98 5420.0 C57
2020-08-03 04:04:15 S 21 30 21.905 -51 14 25.87 V C57
2020-08-03 04:04:15 s 1 +83325.412 0 +316052.02 9740.0 C57
2020-08-03 04:14:15 S 21 30 19.104 -51 14 29.65 V C57
2020-08-03 04:14:15 s 1 +83021.866 0 +316465.10 6770.0 C57
2020-08-03 04:24:15 S 21 30 17.935 -51 14 38.08 V C57
2020-08-03 04:24:15 s 1 +82717.968 0 +316876.88 3720.0 C57
2020-08-03 04:34:15 S 21 30 15.926 -51 14 58.96 V C57
2020-08-03 04:34:15 s 1 +82413.720 0 +317287.38 590.0 C57
2020-08-03 04:54:15 S 21 30 12.564 -51 15 19.26 V C57
2020-08-03 04:54:15 s 1 +81804.187 0 +318104.51 4090.0 C57
2020-08-03 05:04:15 S 21 30 10.214 -51 15 31.90 V C57
2020-08-03 05:04:15 s 1 +81498.905 0 +318511.15 710.0 C57
2020-08-03 05:24:15 S 21 30 07.202 -51 15 50.18 V C57
2020-08-03 05:24:15 s 1 +80887.322 0 +319320.59 3720.0 C57
2020-08-03 05:34:15 S 21 30 05.165 -51 16 03.18 V C57
2020-08-03 05:34:15 s 1 +80581.025 0 +319723.39 100.0 C57
2020-08-03 05:44:15 S 21 30 03.358 -51 16 13.51 V C57
2020-08-03 05:44:15 s 1 +80274.394 0 +320124.91 6400.0 C57
2020-08-03 05:54:15 S 21 30 01.706 -51 16 26.08 V C57
2020-08-03 05:54:15 s 1 +79967.432 0 +320525.16 2620.0 C57
2020-08-03 06:04:15 S 21 29 59.868 -51 16 35.80 V C57
2020-08-03 06:04:15 s 1 +79660.139 0 +320924.15 8770.0 C57
2020-08-03 06:14:15 S 21 29 57.900 -51 16 50.45 V C57
2020-08-03 06:14:15 s 1 +79352.519 0 +321321.86 4830.0 C57
2020-08-03 06:44:15 S 21 29 52.442 -51 17 15.07 V C57
2020-08-03 06:44:15 s 1 +78427.713 0 +322507.40 2540.0 C57
2020-08-03 07:24:15 S 21 29 45.089 -51 17 59.10 V C57
2020-08-03 07:24:15 s 1 +77190.177 0 +324070.48 5050.0 C57
2020-08-03 08:14:15 S 21 29 36.350 -51 18 58.75 V C57
2020-08-03 08:14:15 s 1 +75636.269 0 +325996.14 1450.0 C57
2020-08-03 08:34:15 S 21 29 32.813 -51 19 16.43 V C57
2020-08-03 08:34:15 s 1 +75012.583 0 +326757.69 1470.0 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)