It was discovered on 16 June 1993, by American astronomer Timothy Spahr at the Catalina Station in Arizona, United States.

The assumed S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 7.4 hours and measures approximately 10 kilometers (6 miles) in diameter.

[1] This minor planet was named in memory of famed sports announcer and journalist Myron Cope (1929–2008).

He was a color commentator for the Pittsburgh Steelers National Football League team for 35 years and was the creator of the Terrible Towel in 1975.

[6] In 2016, the asteroid's lightcurve has been modeled using data from Lowell photometric database, which gave a sidereal rotation period of 7.43019 hours, as well as two spin axes of (72.0°, −64.0°) and (288.0°, −55.0°) in ecliptic coordinates (λ, β) (Q=n.a.).