The likely S-type asteroid was discovered on 16 January 2002, by Hungarian astronomers Krisztián Sárneczky and Zsuzsanna Heiner at the Konkoly Observatory's Piszkéstető Station northeast of Budapest, Hungary, and later named after Hungarian amateur astronomer Ernő Berkó.
While its spectral type has not been determined, it is likely an S-type asteroid due to its membership to the Massalia family.
[7]: 23 As of 2018, its effective size, composition and albedo, as well as its rotation period, poles and shape remain unknown.
[6] This minor planet is named after Ernő Berkó (born 1955), a Hungarian amateur astronomer and independent discoverer of the supernova 1999by, as well as an observer of deep-sky objects and double stars.
[1][2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 January 2007 (M.P.C.