Named in honor of the great American scientist and inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931) immediately after his death. The “Astronomical Society Urania, Wiesbaden”, which Franz Kaiser founded, sent an artistically arranged scroll of dedication to the heirs of Edison by the help of the American Consulate at Frankfurt a.M. (H 75) _ _.
Discovered on 23-2-1913 in Heidelberg by Kaiser, F.