 The was also mentioned in "The Names of the Minor Planets" by Paul Herget in 1955 ().In the Bus–Binzel SMASS classification, "Hildegard" is an Sl-subtype, which transitions from the common stony S-type to the uncommon L-type asteroid.In April 2008, a rotational lightcurve of "Hildegard" was obtained from photometric observations by Australian amateur astronomer David Higgins.