Edwin Mathlener (b. 1962) was editor of the Dutch astronomy magazine Zenit, and is now director of the National Center for Astronomical Information, “De Koepel”, in Utrecht. Name suggested by H. van Woerden and A. van der Brugge.
Discovered on 30-9-1973 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.