The asteroid was discovered by Russian–Ukrainian astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on 14 July 1972.
[2] Ibarruri orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.6–2.8 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,183 days).
[1] The spectral type of the asteroid is that of a rare A-type in the SMASS taxonomy, with its surface consisting of almost pure olivine, which gives the body a very reddish color.
[12] As a spectroscopic A-type asteroid, it belongs to the larger group of bodies with a silicaceous composition.
He enlisted in the Soviet army and died in the early stage of the Battle of Stalingrad in September 1942.