 The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Simeiz in August 1928.This minor planet was named after Jaroslav Grigorevich Neujmin (born 1928), son of the discoverer Grigory Neujmin.The author of the "Dictionary of Minor Planet Names" leaned about the naming from Ilya Isaakovich Neyachenko and Nikolai Chernykh after whom the asteroids 3845 Neyachenko and 2325 Chernykh were named.