 "Burnhamia" is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements.It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.5–3.8 AU once every 5 years and 8 months (2,076 days; semi-major axis of 3.18 AU).Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic.