It was discovered on 13 September 1963, by German astronomer Cuno Hoffmeister at his Sonneberg Observatory on Mount Erbisbühl in Eastern Germany.

[1] The body's observation arc starts in 1963, as no precoveries were taken and no identifications were made prior to its official discovery.

[3] This minor planet was named for Mount Erbisbühl on which the discovering Sonneberg Observatory is located (also see 1039 Sonneberga).

Cuno Hoffmeister, discoverer of this asteroid and founder of the observatory, lived and worked at Erbisbühl for many decades.

[1] A rotational lightcurve for this asteroid was obtained from photometric observations made at the U.S. Antelope Hills Observatory in December 2003.