Asteroid
Near-Earth
Potentially hazardous
Icarus
1566 Icarus (1949 MA)
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.045 AU
- True anomaly
- 144.57°
- As of
- 29 August 2026
Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 1.078 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.827
- Inclination
- 22.8°
- Orbital period
- 408.8 days
- Perihelion
- 0.186 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.97 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 87.95°
- Argument of periapsis
- 31.44°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 0.50 km
- Rotation period
- 2.27 hours
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.51
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 16.53
- Spectral type
- APO
Discovery & classification
Near-Earth Object
Named
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid