 This minor planet was named after the genus "Aethusa" in the carrot family, of which the plant "Aethusa cynapium" – commonly known as fool's parsley, fool's cicely, or poison parsley – is the only member.The official naming citation was mentioned in "The Names of the Minor Planets" by Paul Herget in 1955 ().South Texas College

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