The asteroid is named in memory of Lucio Battisti, an Italian singer-songwriter considered to be one of the best-known and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history.
In the 1960s-1970s he was also the producer of several albums of singer-songwriters such as Lucio Battisti, Fabrizio De Andrè, Luigi Tenco and Gino Paoli.
It was selected as location for the cover photos of Lucio Battisti's album E già.
Lucio Fontana | Lucio Fulci | Lucio Dalla | Lucio Battisti | Lucio Gutiérrez | Lucio Quarantotto | Lúcio | Lucio Costa | Lucio | Lucio Urtubia | Lucio Silla | Lucio Rodrigues | Lucio Pozzi | Lucio Gutierrez | Lucio D. San Pedro | Lúcio Costa | Lucio Blanco | Frank Battisti |
During a piano bar evening he befriended the Genoese musician Bob Callero, the bass player of the 1970s prog bands (Osage Tribe and Duello Madre, and played with the artists Lucio Battisti, Patty Pravo and Loredana Berte, Callero offered Madonia a chance to go to Milan and start a tour as keyboard player for Eugenio Finardi in 1982.
Born in Milan, Baldan Bembo started his music career as a keyboardist for, among others, Lucio Battisti and Adriano Celentano.