| Minorplanet: | yes |
| (85182) 1991 AQ | |
| Background: |
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| Discovered: | 14 January 1991 |
| Mpc Name: | (85182) 1991 AQ |
| Alt Names: | 1991 AQ1994 RD |
| Epoch: | 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
| Observation Arc: | 26.91 yr (9,829 d) |
| Perihelion: | 0.4960 AU |
| Semimajor: | 2.2217 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.7768 |
| Period: | 3.31 yr (1,210 d) |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Inclination: | 3.1276° |
| Asc Node: | 339.68° |
| Arg Peri: | 242.96° |
| Moid: | 0.0165 AU (6.428 LD) |
| Mean Diameter: | |
| Albedo: | |
| Abs Magnitude: | 17.1 17.20 |
(85182) 1991 AQ (provisional designation ) is a stony asteroid on a highly eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 1.1km (00.7miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 14 January 1991, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the Palomar Observatory in California. Based on its brightness variation of 0.69 magnitude, this Q-type asteroid is likely elongated. It belongs to the small group of potentially hazardous asteroids larger than one kilometer.
is a member of the Earth-crossing class of Apollo asteroids, the largest group of near-Earth objects with approximately 10 thousand known members. It is also a Venus- and Mars-crosser due to its extreme perihelion and aphelion, respectively.
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.5–3.9 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,210 days; semi-major axis of 2.22 AU). Its orbit has a high eccentricity of 0.78 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Palomar in 1991.
The asteroid has currently an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0165AU, which corresponds to 6.4 lunar distances and makes it a potentially hazardous asteroid due to its notably large size. In 1991 and 1994, it approached Earth at a nominal distance of 0.054AU. The asteroids closest encounter with Earth is projected to occur on 27 January 2130, at a distance of 0.0106AU only (see table). It also makes close encounters to Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter.
In the Tholen classification, this object is an uncommon Q-type asteroid, that falls into the larger stony S-complex. As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of this asteroid has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown. It has a brightness variation of 0.69 magnitude, indicative for an elongated, non-spherical shape.
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, this asteroid measures 1.1 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.242. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.18 and derives a diameter of 1.14 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 17.20.
This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 30 August 2004 . As of 2018, it has not been named.