 It was discovered on 10 October 1920, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in Germany.The carbonaceous F-type asteroid (FC) has a rotation period of 15.6 hours.It was named "Kordula", a common German female name unrelated to the discoverer's contemporaries, that was taken from the almanac "Lahrer Hinkender Bote".