 Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory where astrometry was carried out.The trio are credited with the discovery of .Although the asteroids spectral type has not been determined, it is likely a common, carbonaceous C-type asteroid, as "Euclides" belongs to the Dora family.