Named for the city of Gotha in the district of Erfurt in Thüringen {see, respectively, planets (1254) and (934){, Germany. Gotha is wellknown in astronomy by his famous observatory and the work of F. X. von Zach {see planet (999){. (H 122) _ _.
Discovered on 5-2-1929 in Heidelberg by Reinmuth, K.