It was discovered on 19 January 1988, by Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile.
[2] Long-term numerical integrations suggest, that Wodehouse is a trojan of Ceres, staying a 1:1 orbital resonance with the only dwarf planet of the asteroid belt.
[9] It has also been characterized as a common, carbonaceous C-type asteroid by SDSS-MFB (Masi Foglia Bus).
Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 13.944 and 13.95 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.08 and 0.10 magnitude, respectively (U=3/2).
He created several fictional characters who became familiar to the public over the years, including the jolly gentleman of leisure Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves.