(2584) Turkmenia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 March 1979 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Turkmenia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Turkmenia is 2.08 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2584 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 FG2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.15 km (#8,714 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.235 |
| Rotation period | 6.37 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0662 |
| Inclination | 1.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.