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 08:54:15 S 21 29 28.450 -51 19 41.09 V C57
2020-08-03 08:54:15 s 1 +74387.707 0 +327514.28 1190.0 C57
2020-08-03 09:24:15 S 21 29 23.873 -51 20 20.40 V C57
2020-08-03 09:24:15 s 1 +73448.196 0 +328639.90 5200.0 C57
2020-08-03 09:44:15 S 21 29 20.290 -51 20 40.81 V C57
2020-08-03 09:44:15 s 1 +72820.412 0 +329384.15 4170.0 C57
2020-08-03 09:54:15 S 21 29 18.206 -51 20 50.21 V C57
2020-08-03 09:54:15 s 1 +72506.094 0 +329754.44 8540.0 C57
2020-08-03 10:04:15 S 21 29 16.078 -51 20 59.60 V C57
2020-08-03 10:04:15 s 1 +72191.493 0 +330123.51 2840.0 C57
2020-08-03 10:14:15 S 21 29 14.508 -51 21 14.69 V C57
2020-08-03 10:14:15 s 1 +71876.611 0 +330491.35 7060.0 C57
2020-08-03 10:24:15 S 21 29 12.636 -51 21 19.80 V C57
2020-08-03 10:24:15 s 1 +71561.452 0 +330857.97 1210.0 C57
2020-08-03 10:34:15 S 21 29 10.430 -51 21 29.84 V C57
2020-08-03 10:34:15 s 1 +71246.015 0 +331223.37 5290.0 C57
2020-08-03 10:44:15 S 21 29 09.072 -51 21 42.80 V C57
2020-08-03 10:44:15 s 1 +70930.304 0 +331587.55 9290.0 C57
2020-08-03 10:54:15 S 21 29 07.246 -51 21 55.94 V C57
2020-08-03 10:54:15 s 1 +70614.319 0 +331950.51 3220.0 C57
2020-08-03 11:04:15 S 21 29 04.790 -51 22 04.51 V C57
2020-08-03 11:04:15 s 1 +70298.064 0 +332312.27 7080.0 C57
2020-08-03 11:14:15 S 21 29 03.415 -51 22 19.81 V C57
2020-08-03 11:14:15 s 1 +69981.539 0 +332672.81 860.0 C57
2020-08-03 11:54:15 S 21 28 55.889 -51 23 08.70 V C57
2020-08-03 11:54:15 s 1 +68712.780 0 +334102.88 5280.0 C57
2020-08-03 12:04:15 S 21 28 54.518 -51 23 17.30 V C57
2020-08-03 12:04:15 s 1 +68394.934 0 +334457.39 8710.0 C57
2020-08-03 12:14:15 S 21 28 53.011 -51 23 21.48 V C57
2020-08-03 12:14:15 s 1 +68076.830 0 +334810.69 2060.0 C57
2020-08-03 13:04:15 S 21 28 43.738 -51 24 19.33 V C57
2020-08-03 13:04:15 s 1 +66486.013 0 +336558.46 1840.0 C57
2020-08-03 13:24:15 S 21 28 40.018 -51 24 47.88 V C57
2020-08-03 13:24:15 s 1 +65846.390 0 +337249.57 7060.0 C57
2020-08-03 13:34:15 S 21 28 38.078 -51 24 56.66 V C57
2020-08-03 13:34:15 s 1 +65526.280 0 +337593.33 9850.0 C57
2020-08-03 13:44:15 S 21 28 36.317 -51 25 05.20 V C57
2020-08-03 13:44:15 s 1 +65205.927 0 +337935.90 2570.0 C57
2020-08-03 13:54:15 S 21 28 34.584 -51 25 08.72 V C57
2020-08-03 13:54:15 s 1 +64885.332 0 +338277.28 5220.0 C57
2020-08-03 14:04:15 S 21 28 33.295 -51 25 26.22 V C57
2020-08-03 14:04:15 s 1 +64564.497 0 +338617.48 7810.0 C57
2020-08-03 14:14:15 S 21 28 31.198 -51 25 41.88 V C57
2020-08-03 14:14:15 s 1 +64243.424 0 +338956.50 320.0 C57
2020-08-03 14:24:15 S 21 28 29.011 -51 25 49.87 V C57
2020-08-03 14:24:15 s 1 +63922.113 0 +339294.34 2760.0 C57
2020-08-03 14:34:15 S 21 28 26.947 -51 25 59.70 V C57
2020-08-03 14:34:15 s 1 +63600.568 0 +339631.00 5140.0 C57
2020-08-03 15:04:15 S 21 28 21.624 -51 26 28.00 V C57
2020-08-03 15:04:15 s 1 +62634.536 0 +340633.93 1860.0 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)