1938 KA. Discovered 1938 May 31 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.

Named in honor of the German astronomer Max Mündler (1876–1969) who worked at the Heidelberg Königstuhl Observatory. (H 131)

Name proposed by H. Vogt (RI 2284).

Obituaries published in Astron. Nachr., Vol. 291, p. 224 (1969); Mitt. Astron. Ges., Nr. 27, p. 236 (1969); Astron. Nachr., Vol. 292, p. 143–144 (1970).