That is very odd. I haven’t been able to find why they think it is an asteroid. At mag 13 it is either huge (in which case it would have been discovered already) or very close (in which case it would have a large apparent motion unless it is heading straight for us). There is nothing matching it on the NEOCP (the brightest object there is 18.2. It is possibly AI gone mad but there is a long list of real people on the discovery report.
It will be interesting to see what this turns out to be. Possibly a subject for my next Christmas Sky Notes.