(2610) Tuva Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Tuva is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tuva is 2.36 au from the Sun and 1.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2610 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 RO1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.65 km (#9,488 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.288 |
| Rotation period | 4.27 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0994 |
| Inclination | 0.675° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.931 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (2969) Mikula
- (3072) Vilnius
- (4883) Korolirina
- (5086) Demin
- (6576) Kievtech
- (6622) Matvienko
- (7453) Slovtsov
- (8322) Kononovich
- (8785) Boltwood
- (12189) Dovgyj
- (52231) Sitnik