It was discovered on 11 January 2002, by the Hungarian astronomers Krisztián Sárneczky and Zsuzsanna Heiner at the Konkoly Observatory's Piszkéstető Station northeast of Budapest, Hungary.
It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.8 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,342 days).
[5] This minor planet was named in honour of the discovering observatory, the Piszkéstető Station, located in the Mátra Mountains at 944 metres (3,097 ft) above sea level, about 80 kilometers northeast of Hungary's capital.
[6] According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Piszkéstető measures 4.6 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a low albedo of 0.051, which is typical for C-type asteroids.
[4] As of 2018, the asteroid's composition, shape and rotation period remain unknown.