Named in memory of Antonio Abetti (1846–1928) and of his son Giorgio Abetti (1882–1982), who each served as director of the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory. Collectively they made important contributions to the study of minor planets, solar physics, and the history of astronomy. (M 8542) _ _.
Discovered on 13-3-1977 in Nauchnyj by Chernykh, N. S.