[2][3] Otthild is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements.

"limping messenger") was a very popular almanac, especially in the alemannic-speaking region from the late 17th throughout the early 20th century.

The calendar section contains feast days, the dates of important fairs and astronomical ephemerides.

Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 5.9473±0.0001 hours with a relatively low brightness amplitude of 0.15±0.01 magnitude (U=2+), which is indicative of a regular shape.

[7][8] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.2136 and a diameter of 24.36 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.36.