[4][13]: 23 It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 1.9–3.8 AU once every 4 years and 10 months (1,778 days).
[3] In February 2007, a rotational lightcurve of Ksana was obtained from photometric observations by Italian astronomer Federico Manzini at the SAS observatory in Novara, Italy.
[10] This minor planet was named by the discoverer for his friend, the Russian chemist Kseniya Andreevna Nessler, who has been an advocate against environmental pollution.
The asteroid's name "Ksana" is a variation of Kseniya (Ксения), the equivalent to the romanized Xenia.
[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 September 1993 (M.P.C.