 "Hale" has been characterized as a carbonaceous C-type asteroid by Pan-STARRS photometric survey and by the SDSS-MFB (Masi Foglia Binzel).In the SMASS classification it is a "hydrated" Ch-subtype.In January 2013, a first rotational lightcurve of "Hale" was obtained from photometric observations by Michael S. Alkema at the Elephant Head Observatory in Arizona, United States.