Ganymede commonly refers to:
Ganymede, Ganymed or Ganymedes may also refer to:
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 at a distance of 0.374097 AU (55,964,100 km; 34,774,500 mi) on 13 October 2024. It is an Amor asteroid, and also a Mars-crosser asteroid, and will pass 0.02868 AU (4,290,000 km; 2,666,000 mi) from Mars on 16 December 2176.
Ganymed is the German spelling of Ganymede, the Trojan prince turned god whom Zeus designated the cupbearer to the Greek gods. Jupiter's moon Ganymede is named after the same, but uses the English spelling.
Owing to its early discovery date, Ganymed has a rich observational history. A 1931 paper published the absolute magnitude, based on observations to date, as 9.24, slightly brighter than the present value of 9.45. Ganymed is an S-type asteroid, meaning that it is relatively reflective and composed of iron and magnesium silicates. Spectral measurements put Ganymed in the S (VI) spectral subtype, indicating a surface rich in orthopyroxenes, and possibly metals (although if metals are present they are covered and not readily apparent in the spectra).
In Greek mythology, Ganymede (/ˈɡænɪˌmiːd/;/ˈɡænɪˌmid/;Greek: Γανυμήδης, Ganymēdēs) is a divine hero whose homeland was Troy. He was the son of Tros of Dardania, from whose name "Troy" was supposed to derive, and of Callirrhoe. His brothers were Ilus and Assaracus. In one version of the myth, he is abducted by Zeus, in the form of an eagle, to serve as cup-bearer in Olympus. Homer describes Ganymede as the most beautiful of mortals:
The myth was a model for the Greek social custom of paiderastía, the socially acceptable erotic relationship between a man and a youth. The Latin form of the name was Catamitus (and also "Ganymedes"), from which the English word "catamite" derives.
Ganymede was abducted by Zeus from Mount Ida, near Troy in Phrygia. Ganymede had been tending sheep, a rustic or humble pursuit characteristic of a hero's boyhood before his privileged status is revealed. Zeus either summoned an eagle or turned into an eagle himself to transport the youth to Mount Olympus.
I get the feeling it was different here
Before we came along
Another young man murdered on the TV there
It seems so far from my comfy chair
The world isn't good, the world ain't bad
The world ain't happy and the world ain't sad
The thing about the world is it's gone mad, it's gone mad
The thing about the world is
I get the feeling it was different here
Before we came along
Everybody's talking 'bout the good old days
How could they all be wrong?
The thing about the world is it's gone mad
The only world that we've ever had
The only world that we can use
It's big and round and it's got the blues
The thing about the world is
The world isn't good, the world ain't bad
The world ain't happy, the world ain't sad
The thing about the world is it's gone mad, it's gone mad
The thing about the world is
I get the feeling it was different here
Before we came along
Everybody's talking 'bout the good old days
How could they all be wrong?
In a world gone mad, in a world gone mad
In a world gone mad, in a world gone mad
In a world gone mad
Business man sittin' on a big empire
Only took one day to set a Rome on fire
Food on the table in the lucky cases
Sweet expressions on the children's faces
The thing about the world is
The world isn't good the world ain't bad
The world ain't happy and the world ain't sad
The thing about the world is it's gone mad, it's gone mad
The thing about the world is
I get the feeling it was different here
Before we came along
Everybody's talking 'bout the good old days
How could they all be wrong?
I get the feeling it was different here
Before we came along
Everybody's talking 'bout the good old days