715 Transvaalia

715 Transvaalia
Discovery
Discovered by H. E. Wood
Discovery site Johannesburg
Discovery date 22 April 1911
Designations
1911 LX
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 104.91 yr (38318 d)
Aphelion 2.9989 AU (448.63 Gm)
Perihelion 2.5422 AU (380.31 Gm)
2.7706 AU (414.48 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.082430
4.61 yr (1684.4 d)
192.37°
 12m 49.392s / day
Inclination 13.808°
46.109°
299.865°
Earth MOID 1.56807 AU (234.580 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.34403 AU (350.662 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.290
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
14.275±1.15 km
11.83 h (0.493 d)
0.2606±0.048
10.1

    715 Transvaalia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

    The object 1911 LX discovered April 22, 1911 by H. E. Wood was named 715 Transvaalia. On April 23, 1920, the object 1920 GZ was discovered and named 933 Susi. In 1928 it was realized that these were one and the same object. The name Transvaalia was kept, and the name and number 933 Susi was reused for the object 1927 CH discovered February 10, 1927 by Karl Reinmuth.

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