[citation needed] It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.1–2.4 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,247 days).
[1] A first precovery was taken at the discovering observatory in 1953, extending Meinel's observation arc by 7 years prior to its discovery.
Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory where astrometry was carried out.
[6] This minor planet was named in honor of the American physicist and astronomer Aden Meinel (1922–2011).
[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 18 February 1992 (M.P.C.