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Icarus
subject			fact

Icarus	has perihelion distance 0.19 AU
	has rotation period 2h16m
	has period P = 408d
	has inclination i = 23°
	has diameter 1.1 km
	is a part of asteroid belt
	has asteroid number 1566
	has eccetricity e = 0.827
	has dicovery date 1948
	has discoverer Baade
	has semi-major axis a = 1.07 AU
	has definition Asteroid with the smallest orbit and highest eccentricity of any asteroid. It is the only asteroid known to come closer to the Sun than Mercury.
	is an instance of asteroid
asteroid	is a part of our solar system
	has synonym minor planet
	has synonym planetoid
celestial body	has spectra
physical object	has location or center of gravity
	has angular momentum
	has mass
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has temperature
	has volume
	has extent
	has material

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