It was discovered on 11 February 1927, by Russian–French astronomer Benjamin Jekhowsky at Algiers Observatory in Algeria, Northern Africa, and named after French composer Lili Boulanger.

[2][1] Lilith is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements.

[4][5][6] It orbits the Sun in the middle asteroid belt at a distance of 2.1–3.2 AU once every 4 years and 4 months (1,587 days).

It has also been classified as a P-type asteroid by NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).

[3] In February 2014, a rotational lightcurve of Lilith was obtained by Italian astronomer Andrea Ferrero at the Bigmuskie Observatory (B88) in Mombercelli, Italy.