 It was discovered on 4 September 1919, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany.The carbonaceous C-type asteroid (Ch) has a rotation period of 15.6 hours and is likely spherical in shape.It was named "Jovita", a common German female name unrelated to the discoverer's contemporaries, that was taken from the almanac "Lahrer Hinkender Bote".