[2][11] Kanaya orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 7 months (1,312 days).
In December 2005, a first lightcurve by astronomer David Higgins at Hunters Hill Observatory (E14), Australia, gave a rotation period of 3.8022 hours with a brightness variation of 0.22 magnitude (U=3).
[8] In October 2010, Czech astronomer Petr Pravec obtained another well-defined period of 3.80224 hours with an amplitude of 0.16 magnitude (U=3).
[7][9] This minor planet was named for the Japanese town of Kanaya (金谷町 Kanaya-chō) in Haibara District of the Shizuoka Prefecture.
It is the native town of the first discoverer, Makio Akiyama, and also a station on the ancient "Tokai-do" road.