715 Transvaalia

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715 Transvaalia
Discovery
Discovered by H. E. Wood
Discovery site Johannesburg
Discovery date April 22, 1911
Designations
Alternative names 1911 LX
Orbital characteristics
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Aphelion 3.005 AU
Perihelion 2.530 AU
Semi-major axis 2.768 AU
Eccentricity 0.086
Orbital period 4.604 a
Mean anomaly 55.908°
Inclination 13.813°
Longitude of ascending node 46.316°
Argument of perihelion 300.028°

    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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