Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on April 13, 2007, from observations taken between January 5, 2006, and March 22, 2007.
Enrico Platé, švicarski dirkač in ustanovitelj moštva Scuderia Enrico Platé, * 28. januar 1909, Milan, Italija, † 2. februar, 1954, Buenos Aires, Argentina.