It was discovered by French astronomer Henri Joseph Perrotin on April 26, 1876, and named after one of the two Erigones in Greek mythology.

This asteroid is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.37 AU with a period of 3.643 years and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.19.

[3] Photometric measurements taken in 2014 were used to construct a lightcurve that demonstrated a rotation period of 16.136±0.001 h with an amplitude of 0.32±0.02 in magnitude.

[7] In the early morning hours of March 20, 2014, Erigone occulted the first-magnitude star Regulus,[8] as first predicted by Aldo Vitagliano in 2004 using the SOLEX software.

[8][10] However, thick clouds and rain blocked the view for most if not all people on the shadow path.