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Icarus
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Icarus, in Greek mythology

Icarus: see Daedalus Daedalus (dĕd`ələs), in Greek mythology, craftsman and inventor.
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Icarus, in astronomy

Icarus, in astronomy: see asteroid asteroid, planetoid, or minor planet, small body orbiting the sun. More than 10,000 asteroids have orbits sufficiently well known to have been cataloged and named; thousands more exist.
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Icarus
Daedalus’s son whose wings disintegrated in flight when approaching the sun. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 126]
See : Flying
Icarus
artificial wings destroyed by flying too close to sun. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 126]
See : Rashness


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