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    1566 Icarus (/ˈɪkərəs/ IK-ə-rəs; provisional designation: 1949 MA) is a large near-Earth object of the Apollo group and the lowest numbered potentially...
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  • Look up Icarus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Icarus is a character in Greek mythology. Icarus or Ikarus may also refer to: Roger Squires (1932–2023)...
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    recognized as a distinct dynamical class until 1977); the Apollo-class 1566 Icarus, the perihelion of which is closer than that of Mercury; and the Amor-type...
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    the Earth. "Project Icarus" was one of the first projects designed in 1967 as a contingency plan in case of collision with 1566 Icarus. The plan relied on...
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    "Chemistry of impact events on Mercury". Icarus. 300: 210–222. Bibcode:2018Icar..300..210B. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.08.034. Dunne, James A.; Burgess,...
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  • (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) Daytime Arietids 14 May – 24 Jun 7 Jun 76.6 2.9 +24 38 30 medium 1566 Icarus ? June Bootids 22 Jun – 2 Jul 27 Jun 95.7 14.9 +48 18 variable bright...
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  • photography project. Project Icarus, a 1967 MIT student project to defend against risks from the asteroid 1566 Icarus. "Project Icarus", the working title of...
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  • mentions "Project Icarus", a report on the concept to use missiles to deflect an earthbound asteroid. The original Project Icarus was a student project...
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  • km/s @ 0.124 AU 38.5 km/s 3200 Phaethon 109 km/s @ 0.140 AU 32.7 km/s 1566 Icarus 93.1 km/s @ 0.187 AU 30.9 km/s 66391 Moshup 86.5 km/s @ 0.200 AU 19.8...
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    is notable for having an orbit that has the same period as Earth's. 1566 Icarus 1620 Geographos 1685 Toro 1862 Apollo 1863 Antinous 1864 Daedalus 1865...
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