It was discovered on 15 January 1996, by Italian astronomers Ulisse Munari and Maura Tombelli at the Cima Ekar Observing Station in Tuscany, Italy.
Based on its high albedo (see below) measured by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and its classification into the Vesta family, Sanvito is likely a V-type asteroid.
[2] According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's WISE telescope, Sanvito measures 4.558 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a high albedo of 0.309.
[4] This minor planet was named after Roberto di San Vito, an Italian amateur astronomer committed to astrometric observations.
The representation is consistent with what was already known at the time of the shooting (1965-1968) on the characteristics of asteroids and on the fact that in the main belt the average distance between the bodies that constitute it is many hundreds of thousands of kilometers.