It was discovered by Luigi Carnera on July 11, 1901.
This asteroid was named by Antonio Abetti for the city of Rome in Italy, the native country of its discoverer.
[4] At 21:57 UT, on Thursday, July 8, 2010, this 50 km wide asteroid occulted the star Delta Ophiuchi in an event lasting about five seconds.
The occultation path crossed central Europe along a band that ran through Stockholm, Copenhagen, Bremen, Nantes and Bilbao.
This is a member of the dynamic Maria family of asteroids that were probably formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.