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Artist impression of the asteroid 1036 Ganymed near Mars

by

Ron Miller/Novapix

Reference

a-ast99-93001

Date

2017-01-09

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 on 13 October 2024. It is an Amor asteroid, and also a Mars-crosser asteroid, and will pass Mars on 16 December 2176.