1036 Ganymed
Discoverer |
W. Baade - 1924 |
Diameter (km) |
38.5 |
Mass (kg) |
? |
Rotation period (hrs) |
10.31 |
Orbital period (yrs) |
4.33044 |
Semimajor axis (AU) |
2.65845 |
Orbital eccentricity |
0.53831 |
Orbital Inclination (deg) |
26.64450 |
Albedo |
0.17 |
Type |
S |
Named after the beautiful youth in classical mythology carried off to Olympus to be the cupbearer of the gods. On 1998 October 14-17 Arecibo radio telescope obtained delay-Doppler images of asteroid 1036 Ganymed. |
Images of Ganymed |
Images of asteroid 1036 Ganymed taken on 1998 October 14. |
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Images of asteroid 1036 Ganymed taken on 1998 October 15. |
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Images of asteroid 1036 Ganymed taken on 1998 October 16. |
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Images of asteroid 1036 Ganymed taken on 1998 October 16. |
Last updated: March 15, 2002.