2201 Oljato

2201 Oljato, provisional designation 1947 XC, is stony and extremely eccentric asteroid, classified as near-Earth object. It measures about 2 kilometers in diameter and is a sizable member of the Apollo asteroids, a subgroup of near-Earth asteroids which cross the orbit of Earth. It was discovered by American astronomer Henry L. Giclas at the U.S Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, on 12 December 1947. After its discovery, the body became a lost asteroid for 32 years and was recovered under the provisional designation 1979 XA, by the American astronomers Passey and Bus at the Californian Palomar Observatory in 1979.