Named in honor of Gianni Ierman (b. 1955), Italian amateur astronomer, who was the first member to join the Farra d'Isonzo observatory club in 1969. He was the owner of the first club telescope and was the club president in the 1980s.
Discovered on 14-1-1997 in Farra d'Isonzo by Farra d'Isonzo