It was discovered on 8 September 1932, by astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle.
[1] According to modern HCM-analyses by Nesvorný, as well as by Milani and Knežević, Chantal is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population.
[1] This minor planet was named by the discoverer Eugène Delporte after Chantal, a niece of Belgian astronomer Georges Roland (1922–1991) at of Uccle and co-discoverer of the Comet Arend–Roland.
[1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 8 April 1982 (M.P.C.
Analysis of the fragmentary lightcurve gave a rotation period of at least 10 hours with a brightness amplitude of more than 0.2 magnitude (U=1).