(6491) 1991 OA

is a highly eccentric, stony asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid, approximately half a kilometer in diameter. It was discovered on 16 July 1991, by American astronomer Henry E. Holt at the U.S. Palomar Observatory in California.

Orbit and classification

The S-type body is an Amor asteroid – a subgroup of near-Earth asteroids that approach the orbit of Earth from beyond, but do not cross it. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.0–4.0 AU once every 3 years and 11 months. Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.59 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic. Its minimum orbit intersection distance with Earth is 0.0420 AU, and on 1 August 2086, it will make a close approach and pass by Earth at a distance of.
A first precovery was taken at the Australian Siding Spring Observatory in March 1991, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 4 months prior to its discovery.

In 2000, a rotational lightcurve was published from photometric observations obtained by the Near-Earth Objects Follow-up Program during the early 1990s. The lightcurve rendered a rotation period of 2.69 hours with an brightness amplitude of 0.08 in magnitude. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.20 and derives a diameter of 0.53 kilometers, based on an absolute magnitude of 18.77.

As of 2017, remains unnamed.