 The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 October 1977 ().While the minor planet with number "1000", 1000 Piazzia, honors the discoverer of the first minor planet, Giuseppe Piazzi, number "2000" does so for Herschel, discoverer of the first telescopic major planet.The asteroid is one of several early "kilo-numbered" minor planets that were dedicated to renowned scientists or institutions including