Ganymed
1036 Ganymed, provisional designation 1924 TD, is a stony asteroid on a highly eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object of the Amor group. It was discovered by German astronomer Walter Baade at the Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg on 23 October 1924, and named after Ganymede from Greek mythology. With a diameter of approximately 35 kilometers, Ganymed is the largest of all near-Earth objects but does not cross Earth's orbit. The S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 10.3 hours.
Amor
Entdeckt: 1924-10-23
Beobachtungen: 13,637
1036 Ganymed, provisional designation 1924 TD, is a stony asteroid on a highly eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object of the Amor group. It was discovered by German astronomer Walter Baade at the Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg on 23 October 1924, and named after Ganymede from Greek mythology. With a diameter of approximately 35 kilometers, Ganymed is the largest of all near-Earth objects but does not cross Earth's orbit. The S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 10.3 hours.
Bahnparameter
Halbachse
2.664 AU
Exzentrizität
0.5335
Perihel
1.243 AU
Aphel
4.085244 AU
Inklination
26.69°
Umlaufzeit
4.3532 yr
Äon
2461200.5
Mittlere Anomalie
142.97°
Orbit diagram
The Sun sits at the focus (orange). Earth's orbit is the grey circle at 1 AU. The red dot marks the object's position at the catalog epoch.
Physikalische Parameter
Durchmesser
37.675 km
Albedo
0.238
Dichte
— g/cm³
Rotationszeit
10.297 h
Absolute Helligkeit
9.17
Bahnqualität
RMS
0.30708
Zustandscode
0
Bahn-ID
—
