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(303775) 2005 QU₁₈₂ (provisional designation 2005 QU₁₈₂) is a trans-Neptunian object with a bright absolute magnitude of ca. 3.6.^[4]

Distance

It came to perihelion in 1971^[4] and is currently 51.8 AU from the Sun.^[6] In April 2013, it moved beyond 50 AU from the Sun.

It has been observed 81 times over 10 oppositions with precovery images back to 1974.^[4]

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^ "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
^ Marc W. Buie (24 October 2008). "Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 05QU182". SwRI (Space Science Department). Retrieved 9 December 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2005 QU182)" (last observation: 2009-09-18). Retrieved 7 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Santos-Sanz, P.; Lellouch, E.; Fornasier, S.; Kiss, C.; Pal, A.; Müller, T. G.; Vilenius, E.; Stansberry, J.; Mommert, M.; Delsanti, A.; Mueller, M.; Peixinho, N.; Henry, F.; Ortiz, J. L.; Thirouin, A.; Protopapa, S.; Duffard, R.; Szalai, N.; Lim, T.; Ejeta, C.; Hartogh, P.; Harris, A. W.; Rengel, M. (2012). ""TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region IV. Size/albedo characterization of 15 scattered disk and detached objects observed with Herschel-PACS". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 541: A92. arXiv:1202.1481. Bibcode:2012A&A...541A..92S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118541. S2CID 118600525.
^ ^a ^b "AstDys 2005QU182 Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
^ "JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine: H < 6 (mag) and a > 80 (AU)". JPL Solar System Dynamics. Retrieved 14 June 2014.