Gennadiy Borisov, an amateur astronomer who also discovered the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov, made the asteroid discovery on Saturday, January 21, from his MARGO observatory in Nauchnyi, Crimea.

As per news reports, the Minor Planet Center (MPC), a renowned clearinghouse for the location measurements of minor celestial bodies, received more observations, and the information was instantly posted to the Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page.

The MPC made the discovery after gathering enough observations. The orbit of 2023 BU was improved after three days thanks to dozens of observations from various observatories all around the world.