Asteroid
Near-Earth
Ganymed
1036 Ganymed (A924 UB)
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.053 AU
- True anomaly
- 173.25°
- As of
- 29 August 2026
Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 2.664 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5335
- Inclination
- 26.69°
- Orbital period
- 4.35 years
- Perihelion
- 1.243 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.085 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 215.4°
- Argument of periapsis
- 132.51°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 19 km
- Rotation period
- 10.3 hours
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.238
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 9.17
- Spectral type
- AMO
Discovery & classification
Near-Earth Object
Named