Discovered by H. E. Wood Alternative names 1911 LX Aphelion 2.9989 AU (448.63 Gm) Discovered 22 April 1911 Orbits Sun Discovery site Union Observatory | Discovery date 22 April 1911 Observation arc 104.91 yr (38318 d) Perihelion 2.5422 AU (380.31 Gm) Absolute magnitude 10.1 Discoverer Harry Edwin Wood Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar 528 Rezia, 714 Ulula, 540 Rosamunde, 423 Diotima, 375 Ursula | ||
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 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA