1566 Icarus

Summary

1566 Icarus is a list of Mercury-crossing minor planets^[1]. It draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (list_of_mercury_crossing_minor_planets category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1566 Icarus is credited with the discovery of Walter Baade^[3].
• 1566 Icarus's image is recorded as 1566 Icarus orbit.gif^[4].
• 1566 Icarus's instance of is recorded as list of Mercury-crossing minor planets^[5].
• 1566 Icarus's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[6].
• 1566 Icarus's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[7].
• 1566 Icarus's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[8].
• 1566 Icarus's instance of is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 1566 Icarus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[10].
• Icarus is named after 1566 Icarus^[11].
• 1566 Icarus's follows is recorded as 1565 Lemaître^[12].
• 1566 Icarus's followed by is recorded as 1567 Alikoski^[13].
• 1566 Icarus's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[14].
• 1566 Icarus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[15].
• 1566 Icarus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh87007726^[16].
• 1566 Icarus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Icarus symbol (fixed width).svg^[17].
• 1566 Icarus's Commons category is recorded as 1566 Icarus^[18].
• 1566 Icarus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[19].
• 1566 Icarus's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 MA^[20].
• 1566 Icarus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1949-06-27T00:00:00Z^[21].
• 1566 Icarus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02sr9h^[22].
• 1566 Icarus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001566^[23].
• 1566 Icarus's significant event is recorded as naming^[24].
• 1566 Icarus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8268508'}^[25].
• 1566 Icarus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8270056908369543'}^[26].
• 1566 Icarus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Icarus-astronomy^[27].

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Works and Contributions

1566 Icarus is credited with the discovery of Walter Baade^[3].

Why It Matters

1566 Icarus draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (list_of_mercury_crossing_minor_planets category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]