It is approximately 23 kilometers in diameter and was discovered by Danish astronomers Poul Jensen and Karl Augustesen at Brorfelde Observatory on 23 April 1985.
It is a member of the Eos family (606), the largest asteroid family in the outer main belt consisting of nearly 10,000 asteroids

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3318_Blixen

Poul B. Jensen is a Danish astronomer and a discoverer of 98 asteroids while working at Brorfelde Observatory.
Karl A. Augustesen was co-discoverer of 6 asteroids.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poul_Jensen_(astronomer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Augustesen

This asteroid was named after Danish novelist Karen Blixen (1885–1962), best known for the memoir Out of Africa.

Some nearby stars reveal themselves by their proper motion over a period of time from approximately 1955 to the present day.

Distance from the Sun (au) : 2,88

Time: 21:550UT 2026-03-04 Exp. 78 x 30sec.
Tel. 0.254m f/5.8 ST-10XME CCD @ -25°C 1.9"/pix
Odd Trondal Obs.code 238 (Uranium). Oslo Norway.