49777 Cappi

49777 Cappi
Discovery [1]
Discovered byP. G. Comba
Discovery sitePrescott Obs.
Discovery date2 December 1999
Designations
(49777) Cappi
Named after
Margaret Comba
(discoverer's wife)[2]
1999 XS · 2001 KD31
main-belt · (inner) [3]
background [4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc24.96 yr (9,115 days)
Aphelion2.5138 AU
Perihelion2.1982 AU
2.3560 AU
Eccentricity0.0670
3.62 yr (1,321 days)
183.85°
0° 16m 21s / day
Inclination4.4688°
237.61°
341.93°
Physical characteristics
1.85 km (calculated)[3]
5.9389±0.0018 h[5]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
S (assumed)[3]
15.6[1] · 15.92±0.23[6] · 15.575±0.010 (R)[5] · 16.02[3]

49777 Cappi (provisional designation 1999 XS) is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter.

The asteroid was discovered on 2 December 1999, by Italian–American astronomer Paul Comba at the Prescott Observatory in Arizona, United States.[7] It was named after the discoverer's wife, Margaret Capitola Sonntag Comba.[2]

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