715 Transvaalia

715 Transvaalia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

715 Transvaalia

Discovery
Discovered by	H. E. Wood
Discovery site	Johannesburg Obs.
Discovery date	22 April 1911
Designations
MPC designation	(715) Transvaalia
Pronunciation	/trænzˈvɑːliə/[1]
Alternative designations	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)
Semi-major axis	2.7706 AU (414.48 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.082430
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.61 yr (1684.4 d)
Mean anomaly	192.37°
Mean motion	0° 12m 49.392s / day
Inclination	13.808°
Longitude of ascending node	46.109°
Argument of perihelion	299.865°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	14.275±1.15 km
Synodic rotation period	11.83 h (0.493 d)
Geometric albedo	0.2606±0.048
Absolute magnitude (H)	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.