The small planets (asteroids) are the Solar system solids with diameter from 1 to 1000 km. ... It was discovered in 1949, its diameter is about 1km. The orbit is nearly crossed with the Earth’s orbit and while the maximum approaching of these bodies the distance between them is about 7 million km. such approaching of Ikar and the Earth occurs once 19 years (the last was in 1987). Ikar a small planet №1566) diameter is about 1 km, discovered by B. Baade (USA, 1949). ...