German astronomer Carl Theodor Albrecht (1843-1915) was influential in setting up the International Latitude Service. He became the first head of the ILS when it was established in 1899 at the Prussian Geodetic Institute, Potsdam. (M 47167) _ _.
Discovered on 25-3-1971 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.