Elisabeth, Baroness von Matt (1762-1814), was the only female Austrian astronomer of her time with an international reputation. She worked mainly in positional astronomy. Her private observatory in Vienna was better equipped than the University Observatory. The name was suggested by H. Haupt.
Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.