[2] It was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on September 12, 1871, from the Marseilles Observatory.

[5] The preliminary orbital elements were published in the following year by German astronomer Friedrich Tietjen.

[6] The reason for the name is uncertain, but Lutz D. Schmadel believes it is most likely a misspelling of Lamia, the female demon of Greek mythology (the asteroid 248 Lameia is also named after this figure).

[5] Photometric observations of this asteroid in 1985 gave a light curve with a period of 9.127±0.009 hours and a brightness variation of 0.29±0.03 in magnitude.

This object has a spectrum that matches an XC classification; occupying the transition range between an X-type and a C-type asteroid.