 The carbonaceous outer-belt asteroids typically show a higher macroporosity than the basaltic, stony asteroids from the inner regions of the asteroid belt.This minor planet was named after renowned French astronomer Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), who founded the French Astronomical Society () and the astronomical journal "L'Astronomie" in the 1880s.The official naming citation was mentioned in "The Names of the Minor Planets" by Paul Herget in 1955 ().