 "Die Walküre" ("The Valkyrie") is also part of the opera cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen" by Richard Wagner (1813–1883), the others being "The Rhinegold", "Siegfried" and the "Twilight of the Gods".The asteroid was named by astronomer Sergey Belyavsky and the was published in the journal "Astronomische Nachrichten" in 1923 ().Asteroids 894 Erda and 890 Waltraut are also named after characters in Wagner's "Ring", while 3992 Wagner and 1260 Walhalla are named after the composer and the Walhalla memorial hall of fame, respectively.