It was discovered on 23 April 1930, by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at the Leiden Southern Station, annex to the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa.
[6] Ariane orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.1–2.4 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,219 days).
[1] Photometric observations made in 2003 at the U.S. Carbuncle Hill Observatory (912) near Providence, Rhode Island, give a synodic rotation period of 5.529±0.002 hours.
The light curve shows a brightness variation of 0.40±0.02 in magnitude.
[7] This minor planet was named after "Ariane Leprieur", the principal role in the play Le Chemin de Crête by Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973).