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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Reinmuth, K. |
| Discovery date | 1929-Sep-02 |
| Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB | |
| Aphelion | 2.5190085 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.2409309 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 2.3799697 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.0584204 |
| Orbital period | 1341.0827552 days 3.67 years |
| Mean anomaly | 148.32737 ° |
| Inclination | 13.03133 ° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 347.93377 ° |
| Argument of perihelion | 313.62165 ° |
| Dimensions | diameter 29.98 km |
| Rotation period | 31. h |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0471 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.55 mag |
1159 Granada is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Approximately 30 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 4 years. It completes one rotation once every 31 hours. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg, Germany on September 2, 1929. Its provisional designation was 1929 RD.[1]. It is named after the Spanish province of Granada.
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