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
2020-08-04 05:54:15 S 21 25 39.355 -51 42 42.05 V C57
2020-08-04 05:54:15 s 1 +33209.992 0 +365758.69 1900.0 C57
2020-08-10 04:01:01 C 20 58 16.88 -54 10 17.3 q X74
2020-08-10 04:19:47 C 20 58 12.82 -54 10 33.2 q X74
2020-08-10 04:38:28 C 20 58 08.78 -54 10 48.9 q X74
2020-08-22 20:55:33 C 19 50 26.67 -56 34 37.4 o K95
2020-08-22 21:15:34 C 19 50 22.16 -56 34 39.2 o K95
2020-08-24 01:20:03 C 19 44 20.05 -56 36 15.2 q X74
2020-08-24 01:41:05 C 19 44 15.62 -56 36 14.7 q X74
2020-08-24 02:02:09 C 19 44 10.99 -56 36 14.7 q X74
2020-09-07 17:28:11 S 18 42 54.56 -54 57 04.3 L C51
2020-09-07 20:36:30 S 18 42 30.15 -54 55 31.9 L C51
2020-09-07 20:36:41 S 18 42 30.06 -54 55 32.5 L C51
2020-09-07 22:10:45 S 18 42 18.02 -54 54 45.4 L C51
2020-09-08 01:19:04 S 18 41 53.52 -54 53 10.4 L C51
2020-09-08 02:53:19 S 18 41 41.57 -54 52 24.3 L C51
2021-06-06 13:40:01 C 22 04 53.40 -28 14 51.1 V T08
2021-06-06 13:44:31 C 22 04 53.40 -28 14 55.4 V T08
2021-06-06 13:53:07 C 22 04 53.37 -28 15 01.2 V T08
2021-06-06 14:20:11 C 22 04 53.15 -28 15 17.4 V T08
2021-06-13 13:42:22 C 22 02 47.206 -30 11 06.50 U F51
2021-06-13 13:57:33 C 22 02 46.865 -30 11 17.97 U F51
2021-06-13 14:12:47 C 22 02 46.529 -30 11 29.55 U F51
2021-06-13 14:28:01 C 22 02 46.185 -30 11 41.03 U F51
2021-07-04 12:24:19 C 21 37 50.90 -37 50 48.1 V T08
2021-07-04 12:26:58 C 21 37 50.60 -37 50 51.1 V T08
2021-07-04 12:32:58 C 21 37 50.16 -37 50 57.3 V T08
2021-07-04 12:42:56 C 21 37 49.27 -37 51 07.9 V T08
2021-07-17 10:40:45 C 21 04 08.828 -43 03 55.12 U F51
2021-07-17 10:54:36 C 21 04 06.947 -43 04 08.03 U F51
2021-07-17 11:08:27 C 21 04 05.064 -43 04 21.07 U F51
2021-07-17 11:22:16 C 21 04 03.190 -43 04 34.04 U F51
2021-08-07 09:52:41 C 19 46 43.23 -48 11 49.9 V T05
2021-08-07 09:57:20 C 19 46 42.48 -48 11 51.4 V T05
2021-08-07 10:05:14 C 19 46 41.28 -48 11 53.0 V T05
2021-08-07 10:21:04 C 19 46 38.76 -48 11 56.1 V T05
2021-08-11 04:05:17 C 19 32 57.52 -48 25 44.8 q X74
2021-08-11 04:09:59 C 19 32 56.77 -48 25 45.4 q X74
2021-08-11 04:15:23 C 19 32 55.93 -48 25 45.5 q X74
2021-08-11 04:16:19 C 19 32 55.70 -48 25 46.2 q X74
2021-08-11 04:21:00 C 19 32 55.00 -48 25 45.7 q X74
2021-08-11 04:26:24 C 19 32 54.25 -48 25 46.2 q X74
2022-05-31 13:39:52 C 21 39 27.193 -26 25 04.09 U F52
2022-05-31 13:52:10 C 21 39 26.908 -26 25 12.68 U F52
2022-05-31 14:04:11 C 21 39 26.627 -26 25 21.01 U F52
2022-05-31 14:16:12 C 21 39 26.341 -26 25 29.37 U F52
2022-06-08 13:47:05 C 21 33 22.848 -28 50 16.31 U F52
2022-06-08 13:58:02 C 21 33 22.360 -28 50 25.35 U F52
2022-06-08 14:09:03 C 21 33 21.864 -28 50 34.44 U F52
2022-06-08 14:20:02 C 21 33 21.371 -28 50 43.44 U F52
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)