1972 JM. Discovered 1972 May 9 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.

Honoring Dr. Alla Genrichovna Massevitch {1918– }, a well-known woman astronomer-astrophysicist, vice-president of the Astronomical Council of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the organizer of optical tracking of artificial Earth satellites in the USSR. (M 3936)