Icarus

Baade discovered the asteroid Icarus in 1949, which is an Earth-grazer and an Apollo-object. It closely approaches the Sun and Earth, named after the mythical Icarus.
 Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade Germany 1949 Icarus

Baade discovered the asteroid Icarus in 1949, which is an Earth-grazer and an Apollo-object. It closely approaches the Sun and Earth, named after the mythical Icarus.