715 Transvaalia

715 Transvaalia

Name
Name Transvaalia
Designation 1911 LX
Discovery
Discoverer H. E. Wood
Discovery date April 22, 1911
Discovery site Johannesburg
Orbital elements
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.086
Semimajor axis (a) 2.768 AU
Perihelion (q) 2.530 AU
Aphelion (Q) 3.005 AU
Orbital period (P) 4.604 a
Inclination (i) 13.813°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 46.316°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 300.028°
Mean anomaly (M) 55.908°

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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