Since 1975, Mat Drummen (b. 1945) has been director of “de Koepel”, the Dutch center for dissemination of information on astronomy, space science and meteorology. He is author of the annual Sterrengids and coeditor of the Dutch popular journal Zenit. The name was suggested by C. de Jager.
Discovered on 16-10-1977 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.