 In additon, "Ara" has a low Jupiter tisserand of 3.09, just above the defined threshold of 3.0 which is used to distinguish asteroids from the Jupiter-family comets.The body's observation arc begins at the Collegio Romano Observatory in Italy on 3 July 1919, more than 6 years after its official discovery observation at Simeiz.This minor planet was named after American Relief Administration (ARA), in appreciation of the help it gave during the Russian famine of 1921–22.