Named after Friedrich Rottmann (1797–1850), German Romantic landscape painter. He travelled on the order of King Ludwig I of Bavaria to Salzburg, Tirol, Rome and especially to Greece. His main work is kept in museums in Heidelberg and Munich. (M 22507) _ _.
Discovered on 29-9-1973 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.