(1566) Icarus Apollo
Discovered on 27 June 1949 by W. Baade at Palomar.
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Where Icarus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Icarus is 1.54 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1566 |
| Provisional designation | 1949 MA |
| Orbit class | Apollo · near-Earth · potentially hazardous |
| Diameter | 1.00 km (#17,412 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.510 |
| Rotation period | 2.27 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.53 |
| Orbital period | 1.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 0.186 – 1.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.827 |
| Inclination | 22.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.0338 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.