 According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, "Lobelia" measures 6.014 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a high albedo of 0.488.This minor planet was named after the Indian tobacco flower, "Lobelia", a genus of flowering plants also known as lobelias.The official naming citation was mentioned in "The Names of the Minor Planets" by Paul Herget in 1955 ().