It was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on September 19, 1870, and named after Iphigenia, the princess sacrificed by her father in Greek mythology.
== Odkritje ==Asteroid je 14. avgusta 1870 odkril Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813 – 1890).. Poimenovan je po Ati, boginji rušenja in propada v grški mitologiji.