It was discovered by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany on 18 October 1931,[1] and named after German astronomer Richard Schorr (1867–1951).
[10] In the Tholen taxonomy, Schorria' spectral type is closest to that of a carbonaceous C-type and somewhat similar to that of an X-type asteroid though with a noisy spectrum (CX:).
[3] In March 2009, a rotational lightcurve[a] of Schorria was obtained from photometric observations by American astronomers Brian Warner and Robert Stephens.
Light curve analysis of the two astronomer's combined data set of almost 2000 photometric observations revealed that this Mars-crosser is one of the slowest rotating asteroids known to exist.
It has a rotation period of 1265±80 hours, or about 52 days, with a high brightness variation of 1.40 in magnitude (U=3),[6] which is indicative of a non-spheroidal shape.