Q660098
Also known as (933) Susi, Susi
main-belt asteroid
Picture of the Day · NASA
Jupiter and Venus from Earth
2026-06-07
It was visible around the world. The sunset conjunction of Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) in 2012 was visible almost no matter where you lived on Earth. Anyone on our planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them. That year, a creative photographer traveled away from the town lights of Szubin, Poland to photograph a near closest approach of the two planets. The bright planets were then separated by only three degrees and his daughter struck a humorous pose. A faint red sunset still glowed in the background. Jupiter and Venus are together again this week after sunset, passing within a degree of each other about two days from today.
© Marek Nikodem (PPSAE) · via NASA APOD
Key facts
- Discovered by
- K. Reinmuth
- Discovery site
- Heidelberg
- Discovery date
- 10 February 1927
- Pronunciation
- German: [ ˈzuːziː ]
- Alternative designations
- 1927 CH
- Observation arc
- 88.62 yr (32367 days)
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Article
933 Susi is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
The object 1911 LX discovered 22 April 1911, by H. E. Wood was named 715 Transvaalia. On 23 April 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 10 February 1927, by Karl Reinmuth.