(8201) 1994 AH2
is a highly eccentric, rare-type asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group of asteroids, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 5 January 1994, by Australian amateur astronomer Gordon Garradd during the AANEAS survey at the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia. It has an Earth minimum orbit intersection distance of and is associated with the Beta Taurids daytime meteor shower.
Orbit and classification
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.7–4.3 AU once every 4.04 years. Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.71 and an inclination of 10° with respect to the ecliptic. It is a member of the Alinda group of asteroids with a 3:1 resonance with Jupiter that has excited the eccentricity of the orbit over the eons. As an Alinda asteroid it makes approaches to Jupiter, Earth, and Venus.has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of, which corresponds to 39.4 lunar distances. Due to its elongated orbit, it also approaches the orbit of Jupiter within. On 4 January 2079, it will pass from the Earth.
A first precovery was taken at the discovering observatory in 1981, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 13 years prior to its discovery.