[2][4] McLaughlin orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 6 months (1,295 days).
[4] According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, the asteroid measures 7.9 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.173.
[3] As of 2017, McLaughlin's composition, rotation period and shape remain unknown.
[1][5] This minor planet was named in memory of American astronomer and geologist Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (1901–1965).
[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 June 1982 (M.P.C.