Since the early 1970s, amateur astronomer Antonio Leone (b. 1940), of Taranto, Italy, has developed principles of orbital motion in a manner easy for amateurs to understand. This has resulted in two books, Introduzione alla Meccanica Celeste and, with a co-author, Elementi di Calcolo delle Orbite.
Discovered on 23-7-1996 in San Marcello by Tesi, L.