49777 Cappi

Name
Name	Cappi
Designation	1999 XS
Discovery
Discoverers	P. G. Comba
Discovery date	December 2, 1999
Discovery site	Prescott Observatory Prescott Observatory Prescott Observatory was built by Paul G. Comba and is now owned and operated by Matt Francis. The observatory is located south of Prescott Arizona and is dedicated to the study of cosmology. Refurbished in 2011, the observatory houses a PlaneWave CDK 24 inch telescope with two Takahashi wide...
Orbital elements
Epoch Epoch (astronomy) In astronomy, an epoch is a moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity, such as celestial coordinates, or elliptical orbital elements of a celestial body, where these are subject to perturbations and vary with time...  October 27, 2007 (JDCT Julian day Julian day is used in the Julian date system of time measurement for scientific use by the astronomy community, presenting the interval of time in days and fractions of a day since January 1, 4713 BC Greenwich noon...  2454400.5)
Eccentricity (e)	0.0663273
Semimajor axis (a)	2.3555299 AU Astronomical unit An astronomical unit is a unit of length equal to about or approximately the mean Earth–Sun distance....
Perihelion (q)	2.1992940 AU Astronomical unit An astronomical unit is a unit of length equal to about or approximately the mean Earth–Sun distance....
Aphelion (Q)	2.5117658 AU Astronomical unit An astronomical unit is a unit of length equal to about or approximately the mean Earth–Sun distance....
Orbital period Orbital period The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...  (P)	3.62 a Julian year (astronomy) In astronomy, a Julian year is a unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of 86 400 SI seconds each, totaling 31 557 600 seconds. The Julian year is the average length of the year in the Julian calendar used in Western societies in previous centuries, and for which the unit is...
Inclination Inclination Inclination in general is the angle between a reference plane and another plane or axis of direction.-Orbits:The inclination is one of the six orbital parameters describing the shape and orientation of a celestial orbit...  (i)	4.46947°
Longitude of the ascending node Longitude of the ascending node The longitude of the ascending node is one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in space. It is the angle from a reference direction, called the origin of longitude, to the direction of the ascending node, measured in a reference plane...  (Ω)	237.81909°
Argument of Perihelion (ω)	342.28122°
Mean anomaly Mean anomaly In celestial mechanics, the mean anomaly is a parameter relating position and time for a body moving in a Kepler orbit. It is based on the fact that equal areas are swept at the focus in equal intervals of time....  (M)	336.56114°

49777 Cappi is a main belt asteroid

Asteroid

Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

 with a perihelion of 2.1994658 AU

Astronomical unit

An astronomical unit is a unit of length equal to about or approximately the mean Earth–Sun distance....

. It has an eccentricity of 0.0663273 and an orbital period

Orbital period

The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...

 of 1320.4785238 days (3.62 years).
Cantor has an average orbital speed

Orbital speed

The orbital speed of a body, generally a planet, a natural satellite, an artificial satellite, or a multiple star, is the speed at which it orbits around the barycenter of a system, usually around a more massive body...

 of 19.40422863 km/s and an inclination

Inclination

Inclination in general is the angle between a reference plane and another plane or axis of direction.-Orbits:The inclination is one of the six orbital parameters describing the shape and orientation of a celestial orbit...

 of 4.46956°.

The asteroid was discovered on December 2, 1999 at the Prescott Observatory

Prescott Observatory

Prescott Observatory was built by Paul G. Comba and is now owned and operated by Matt Francis. The observatory is located south of Prescott Arizona and is dedicated to the study of cosmology. Refurbished in 2011, the observatory houses a PlaneWave CDK 24 inch telescope with two Takahashi wide...

.

This asteroid is named for Margaret Capitola Sonntag Comba, the discoverer's second wife.