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Asteroid 1566 Icarus

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:56 | Tran: 14:02 | Set: 23:11
Alt: 43.39°   Az: 94.69°   Direction: East

Asteroid 1566 Icarus is in the constellation of Auriga, at a distance of 136,620,047.0 kilometers from Earth. The current Right Ascension is 06h 01m 32s and the Declination is +30° 01’ 50” (apparent coordinates). The magnitude of Asteroid 1566 Icarus is 17.34.

Finder Charts

Map showing Asteroid 1566 Icarus in Auriga on June, 06 2025. Field of view: 50x30 degrees
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Sky map showing Asteroid 1566 Icarus in Auriga on June, 06 2025. Field of view: 15x9 degrees. View in interactive sky chart

High precision deep sky finder chart, 60 arcmin wide, showing where Asteroid 1566 Icarus is right now. Click on the image to see a more detailed fullscreen tracker view.

1566 Icarus
RA: 05h 59m 54s
Dec: +30° 01’ 51”
Deep sky finder chart for Asteroid 1566 Icarus. Field of view: 60x40 arcmins. View in deep sky object tracker

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Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 01m 32s
+30° 01’ 50”
20h 12m 53s
02h 14m 26s

J2000

05h 59m 54s
+30° 01’ 51”

Additional Information

Auriga
17.34

Rise and Set Times

Today's rise, transit and set times of Asteroid 1566 Icarus from Greenwich, UK (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.1°
Max altitude: 68.6°
Azimuth: 300.3°
  • 1566 Icarus is above the horizon from Greenwich, UK.
  • Right now it is placed in the East direction at an altitude of 43.39° above the horizon.
  • Given its current magnitude, 1566 Icarus is visible only through long exposure photography.
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Distance from Earth

The distance of Asteroid 1566 Icarus from Earth is currently 136,620,047.0 kilometers, equivalent to 0.9132486068 Astronomical Units. Light takes 7m 35.715s to travel from Asteroid 1566 Icarus and arrive to us.

136,620,047.0
0.9132486068
7m 35.715s

The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 1566 Icarus from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.

Chart of the distance of Asteroid 1566 Icarus from Earth in Astronomical Units (au)

The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of 1566 Icarus from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest Approach

Between 1 January 1900 and 31 December 2099, the closest approach of Asteroid 1566 Icarus to Earth happens on Sat Jun 15 1968 at a distance of 0.042551 Astronomical Units, or 6,365,561 kilometers:

Sat Jun 15 1968
6,365,561
0.042551

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

Light Curve

The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Asteroid 1566 Icarus, according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.

Chart of the magnitude of Asteroid 1566 Icarus as a function of time

Orbital Elements

The following table lists the orbital elements of Asteroid 1566 Icarus at epoch 24 February 2023 00:00 UTC (JD: 2460000.5). Source: JPL Small-Body Database

Element Symbol Value
Orbit eccentricity e 0.82686949
Orbit inclination i 22.79956293°
Perihelion distance q 0.18665665 AU
27,923,438 km
Aphelion distance Q 1.96959701 AU
294,647,520 km
Semi-major axis a 1.07812683 AU
161,285,479 km
Orbital period period 1.1195 years
408.8869 days
Date of perihelion transit Tp 2023-Mar-05 11:07:50
2,460,008.9638 JD
Next perihelion transit 2024-Apr-17 08:24
2,460,417.8507 JD
Argument of perihelion peri 31.441774561579°
Longitude of the ascending node node 87.951654802505°
Mean anomaly M 352.54816273589°
Mean motion n 0.88043904°/day
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15 Days Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Asteroid 1566 Icarus computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Apparent celestial coordinates are provided.

Date Right AscensionR.A. DeclinationDec. MagnitudeMag Constellation
2025 May 30 04h 48m 36s +23° 12’ 42” 14.47 Taurus
2025 May 31 04h 59m 51s +24° 27’ 44” 14.73 Taurus
2025 Jun 01 05h 10m 51s +25° 38’ 11” 15.07 Taurus
2025 Jun 02 05h 21m 23s +26° 42’ 11” 15.47 Taurus
2025 Jun 03 05h 31m 21s +27° 38’ 57” 15.91 Taurus
2025 Jun 04 05h 40m 44s +28° 28’ 34” 16.36 Taurus
2025 Jun 05 05h 49m 42s +29° 11’ 37” 16.79 Auriga
2025 Jun 06 05h 58m 18s +29° 48’ 52” 17.19 Auriga
2025 Jun 07 06h 06m 40s +30° 21’ 04” 17.56 Auriga
2025 Jun 08 06h 14m 53s +30° 48’ 45” 17.88 Auriga
2025 Jun 09 06h 23m 06s +31° 12’ 23” 18.16 Auriga
2025 Jun 10 06h 31m 19s +31° 32’ 14” 18.41 Auriga
2025 Jun 11 06h 39m 38s +31° 48’ 32” 18.62 Auriga
2025 Jun 12 06h 48m 06s +32° 01’ 21” 18.79 Gemini

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