715 Transvaalia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | H. E. Wood |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 22 April 1911 |
| Designations | |
| (715) Transvaalia | |
| Pronunciation | /trænzˈvɑːliə/[1] |
| 1911 LX | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| 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° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.275±1.15 km | |
| 11.83 h (0.493 d) | |
| 0.2606±0.048 | |
| 10.1 | |
The object 1911 LX discovered April 22, 1911, by H. E. Wood was named 715 Transvaalia. It was named after Transvaal, former province of South Africa. 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. 715 Transvaalia has been observed to occult two stars, both events in 2022.
References
edit- ^ "Transvaal". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020., stress per "Transvaalian". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ "715 Transvaalia (1911 LX)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
External links
edit- 715 Transvaalia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 715 Transvaalia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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