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.

Images of asteroid 1036 Ganymed taken on 1998 October 15.

Images of asteroid 1036 Ganymed taken on 1998 October 16.

Images of asteroid 1036 Ganymed taken on 1998 October 16.