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° | |
| 0° 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) |
| TJupiter | 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.
References
- ^ "715 Transvaalia (1911 LX)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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