1036 Ganymed

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1036 Ganymed is the largest near-Earth asteroid at about 32–34 km in diameter. It was discovered by Walter Baade on October 23 1924. It has a very well determined orbit and its next pass of the Earth will be at a distance of 0.374097 AU (55964100 km; 34774500 mi) on 13 October 2024. It is an Amor asteroid and also a Mars-crosser asteroid and will pass 0.02868 AU (4290000 km; 2666000 mi) from Mars on 16 December 2176.

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apoapsis (km)

6.11961e+11, 6.12005e+11

average speed (km/s)

60696.0

density (μ3)

7900.0

orbital period (μ)

374976.0, 1.37048e+08

periapsis (km)

1.84434e+11, 1.84454e+11

temperature (K)

160.0

absolute magnitude

9.45

albedo

0.17

apparent magnitude

8.1

discovery date

1924-10-23

discoverer

Walter Baade

epoch

(JD 2453300.5), October 22 2004

escape velocity (kmh)

60.48

former name

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rotation period (s)

37116.0