It was discovered on 25 July 1952, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at the U.S. Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States, and later named after astronomer Carl Kiess.
The asteroid was discovered on July 25, 1952, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at the U.S. Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn, Indiana, USA, and subsequently named after astronomer Carl Kiess.