Named for the destroyer aspect of Siva {see planet (1170)}, who in the mythology of India was both destroyer and regenerator of all things in the universe. His strength was especially unleashed on all sin and evil, and even the gods feared him. (M 27329) p ]Name suggested by F. Pilcher. _ _.
Discovered on 13-9-1980 in Palomar by Kowal, C. T.