 According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, "Galanthus" measures between 17.18 and 21.00 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.04 and 0.06.The "Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link" adopts the results obtained by IRAS, that is, an albedo of 0.0500 and a diameter of 21.0 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.26.This minor planet was named after the herbaceous plant "Galanthus", also known as "snowdrop".