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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |1566 Icarus
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:1566Icarus-MercuryCrosserzip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|240px]]
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''1563 Icarus from ''Mercury_Crosser.zip'' in Orbiter 2005P1'''
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
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|Name||align="right"|1563 Icarus
 
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Sun
 
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|width="30%"|Number of satellites||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
 
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|2005.26351813826
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"| 161256274149.496 m<br>(1.07793161362956 AU)
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"| 0.82680706411143
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|22.8520435408571°<br>(.39884340059706 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|88.0820692927929°<br>(1.53732212112903 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|119.379643206175° radian<br>(2.08356783380383 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|478.93856891753°<br>(8.35905494240067 radians)
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotational Elements
 
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|width="30%"|Sidereal Rotation Period||align="right" width="50%"|8182.944 seconds<br>(2.273 hours)
 
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|width="30%"|Sidereal Rotation Offset||align="right" width="50%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Obliquity||align="right" width="30%"|0 radians<br>0.1°
 
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"| 1400 m
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|2.9×10<su>12</sup> kg
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from 1566 Icarus.cfg (Mercury_Crosser.zip).
 
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'''1566 Icarus (1949 MA)''' is  [[Category:Near-Earth objects|Near-Earth object]] object and a stony type asteroid. It was discovered by [[w:Walter Baade|Walter Baade]] on 27 June 1949 at the [[w:Palomar Observatory|Palomar Observatory]].
 
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The orbit of Bacchus varies from about 0.19 to 1.97 [[Astronomical unit|AU]], which takes Icarus closer to the [[Sun]] than [[Mercury]] and farther away than [[Mars]], revolving in about 409 days. [[Eccentricity]] is 0.83 and [[Inclination|inclination]] is 23° to the [[Ecliptic|ecliptic]].
 
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Bacchus is a stony asteroid, about 1.61 km × 1.60 km × 1.17 km, mean radius is about 0.50 km.
 
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== 1566 Icarus in Orbiter ==
 
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Icarus was introduced to Orbiter with the release of ''Mercury_Crosser.zip'' in June 2005.
 
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Note that the landing surface as given in the config file is spherical, but the visual of Icarus is not, if you land, you will likely be above or below the visual surface.
 
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/mercury-crosser-asteroids.316/ Mercury Crosser Asteroids]||O-F Resources||2005-06-01||Nighthawke||Scenery||2 June 2005||||
 
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==See also ==
 
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[[w:1566 Icarus|1566 Icarus]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikpedia]]
 
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==Gallery==
 
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<gallery widths="100" heights="100">
 
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1566Icarus-MercuryCrosserzip-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>1566 Icarus from ''Mercury_Crosser.zip'' in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
 
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Icarus Goldstone radar Jun17.jpg|<center>Radar image of Icarus taken on 17 June 2015<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
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1566 Icarus orbit.gif|<center>Orbit of Icarus compared to the orbits of the inner planets<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
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</gallery>
 
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{{SolarSystem}}
 
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[[Category:Articles|Icarus]]
 
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[[Category:Celestial bodies|Icarus]]
 
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[[Category:Solar System|Icarus]]
 
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[[Category:Near-Earth objects|Icarus]]
 

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