The orbit programs constructed by Ranald McIntosh (1933– ) enabled the discoverers to follow many of the new minor planets they found in the 1980s. He maintains the database for the Variable Star Section of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. (M 40701) _ _.
Discovered on 23-4-1984 in Lake Tekapo by Gilmore, A. C., Kilmartin, P. M.