It was discovered on 2 March 1943, by French astronomer Marguerite Laugier at Nice Observatory in southeastern France.

[2] The presumed S-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 3.3 hours and measures approximately 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) in diameter.

[4][9] It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 2.3–2.9 AU once every 4 years and 3 months (1,541 days).

[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 17 February 1984, based on a suggestion by Brian G. Marsden (M.P.C.

[5][6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.21 – derived form 15 Eunomia, the family's largest member and namesake – and calculates a diameter of 12.7 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 11.8.