(395124) Astonepia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 2009 by G. Fagioli L. Tesi at San Marcello.
Pia Astone (b. 1960) is an Italian physicist. She is a Director of Research at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Rome Sapienza. She is an expert in gravitational-wave searches and a member of the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA collaboration, of which she has been scientific coordinator.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Astonepia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Astonepia is 2.01 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 395124 |
| Provisional designation | 2009 XX7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0901 |
| Inclination | 4.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.