asteroid 1036 Ganymed

E93420
Amor asteroid Mars-crossing asteroid asteroid minor planet near-Earth object

Asteroid 1036 Ganymed is a large near-Earth Amor-type asteroid and the largest known near-Earth object, notable for its highly eccentric orbit and close approaches to Mars and Earth.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
1036 Ganymed 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amor asteroid ⓘ
Mars-crossing asteroid ⓘ
asteroid ⓘ
minor planet ⓘ
near-Earth object ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude_H 9.45 ⓘ
albedo 0.23 ⓘ
aphelionDistance_au 4.081 ⓘ
argumentOfPerihelion_deg 132.4 ⓘ
belongsToDynamicalGroup near-Earth asteroids ⓘ
belongsToPopulation inner main-belt / near-Earth transition objects ⓘ
closeApproachTo Earth ⓘ
Mars ⓘ
diameter_km about 32 ⓘ
discoveredBy Walter Baade ⓘ
discoveryDate 1924-10-23 ⓘ
discoverySite Bergedorf Observatory ⓘ
eccentricity 0.534 ⓘ
epoch J2000 ⓘ
hasCloseApproachGeometry non-Earth-crossing ⓘ
hasHighlyEccentricOrbit true ⓘ
hasLightcurveMeasurements true ⓘ
inclination_deg 26.7 ⓘ
isCataloguedIn JPL Small-Body Database ⓘ
MPC database ⓘ
isPotentialTargetFor spacecraft missions ⓘ
largestInClass near-Earth objects ⓘ
longitudeOfAscendingNode_deg 215.6 ⓘ
meanAnomaly_deg 73.0 ⓘ
meanMotion_degPerDay 0.220 ⓘ
minimumOrbitIntersectionDistanceWithEarth_au 0.341 ⓘ
minorPlanetNumber 1036 ⓘ
namedAfter Ganymede (mythology) ⓘ
obliquityOfOrbit high ⓘ
observedIn infrared wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
orbitalCategory Amor group ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 1633 ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_years 4.47 ⓘ
orbits Sun ⓘ
perihelionDistance_au 1.245 ⓘ
perihelionInsideOrbitOf Mars ⓘ
perihelionOutsideOrbitOf Earth ⓘ
rotationPeriod_hours 10.3 ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_au 2.663 ⓘ
spectralClass S ⓘ
spectralType S-type ⓘ

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Walter Baade → discovered → asteroid 1036 Ganymed ⓘ