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1036 Ganymed (A924 UB)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
4.078 AU
True anomaly
176.79°
Distance from Earth
4.919 AU
As of
11 October 2026

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Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 0.998 AU from the Sun Earth Ganymed — 4.078 AU from the Sun Ganymed
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Ganymed is 4.919 AU from Earth today (40.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 11m 48s
Declination
-13° 03′ 21″
Constellation
Crater
Distance from Earth
4.92 AU
Elongation from the Sun
29.59° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

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
Orbit class · AMO
Amor
Earth MOID · 133.1 LD
0.342 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
3.035

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
13,637
Data arc
101.7 years
First observed
23 October 1924
Last observed
30 June 2026
Residual RMS
0.31 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
25 July 2026

Physical properties

Mean radius
19 km
Rotation period
10.3 hours

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.238
Absolute magnitude (H)
9.17
Colour index (B–V)
0.84
Spectral type (SMASS)
S
Spectral type (Tholen)
S
Colour index (U–B)
0.42

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
Baade, W.
Discovery date
23 October 1924
Discovery site
Bergedorf

Also known as 1036 · 1924 TD · A924 UB · 1952 BF · 1954 HH

Amor Near-Earth Object Named

Close approaches 5 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2040-06-30 21:47:00 Juptr 1.9576 AU 761.9 LD 6.7 km/s
2050-12-07 07:15:00 Mars 0.0957 AU 37.2 LD 15 km/s
2088-05-12 05:03:00 Juptr 1.9598 AU 762.7 LD 6.2 km/s
2176-12-16 13:29:00 Mars 0.0287 AU 11.2 LD 15.7 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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