Asteroid 5879, Almeria, was discovered on February 8, 1992 by Kurt Birkle and Ulrich Hopp at the German-Spanish Astronomical Center at Calar Alto, an observatory near Almeria, Almeria, Spain run jointly by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, Germany and the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalucia (CSIC) in Granada, Spain. It has a period of 2 years, 26 days.
It was named for the city and Spanish province where it was discovered.
A view of the city of Almeria, Spain.
The astrological influence of asteroid Almeria seems to be trouble, medical attention, harassment.