It was discovered on 30 June 1970, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj.
It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.9 AU once every 3 years and 10 months (1,411 days).
[1] It has a rotation period of 11.9759 hours with a brightness variation of 0.38 magnitude.
[3] This minor planet was named after the Georgian city of Ozurgeti, formerly known as Makharadze.
Makharadze is the twin city of Genichesk, Tamara Smirnova's Ukrainian birthplace.