It was discovered on 19 September 2001, by astronomers Charles Juels and Paulo Holvorcem at the Fountain Hills Observatory (678) in Arizona, United States.
[3][6]: 23 It orbits the Sun in the outermost region of the main belt at a distance of 3.5–4.4 AU once every 7 years and 11 months (2,881 days).
[1] The body's observation arc begins at Palomar Observatory in September 1954, on precovery images found by the Digitized Sky Survey.
[7] This minor planet was named after German astronomer Sebastian F. Hönig (born 1978), a prolific discoverer of minor planets and several comets,[2] including the hyperbolic comet C/2002 O4,[8] which disintegrated shortly after its discovery in 2002.
[9] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 7 January 2004 (M.P.C.