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Icarus, in Greek mythologyIcarus: see Daedalus Daedalus (dĕd`ələs), in Greek mythology, craftsman and inventor...... Click the link for more information. . Icarus, in astronomyIcarus, 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...... Click the link for more information. . Icarus [‚ik·ə·rəs] (astronomy) An asteroid with a highly eccentric orbit (eccentricity of 0.827) that crosses the earth's orbit and takes the asteroid to only 0.187 astronomical units from the sun, closer than Mercury. 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Boer Vermeulen in De Vlaschaard bij voorbeeld associeert de spreker met mythische machtsreuzen als Icaros, Prometheus, Lucifer en "zovele antieke Griekse of Germaanse heroen" (Aerts, 1967:522). |
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