 In particular, the Italian city of Latina was founded under the name "Littoria" in 1932.The author of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Lutz Schmadel, corresponded with Italian-born astronomer Paul Comba to confirm the meaning for this asteroid.In the Bus–Binzel SMASS classification, "Lictoria" is a Xc-subtype that transitions from the X-type to the carbonaceous C-type asteroids.