It was discovered on 28 December 1991, by German astronomer Freimut Börngen at Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenburg, eastern Germany.
[3] In September 2013, rotational lightcurve of Adamries was obtained from photometric observation by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California.
[4] CALL assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.21 and calculates a diameter of 3.6 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 14.53.
[3] This minor planet was named in honor of famous German mathematician Adam Ries (1492–1559), who wrote the first German arithmetic book in the 16th century, explaining in simple terms to the common people how to do arithmetic.
[8] This minor planet should not be confused with 236305 Adamriess, named after American astronomer and 2011 Nobel Prize winner Adam Riess.