1537 Transylvania

1537 Transylvania
Discovery
Discovered by	G. Strommer
Discovery site	Konkoly Obs.
Discovery date	27 August 1940
Designations
MPC designation	(1537) Transylvania
Named after	Transylvania; (region in Romania)
Alternative designations	1940 QA · 1940 QN; A903 VB
Minor planet category	main-belt · (outer)
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	113.42 yr (41,428 days)
Aphelion	3.9677 AU
Perihelion	2.1361 AU
Semi-major axis	3.0519 AU
Eccentricity	0.3001
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.33 yr (1,947 days)
Mean anomaly	143.95°
Mean motion	0° 11m 5.64s / day
Inclination	3.8591°
Longitude of ascending node	230.07°
Argument of perihelion	148.20°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	13.60 km (derived); 13.77±1.5 km; 17.48±1.16 km; 20.288±0.256 km; 20.29±0.26 km; 21.49±1.58 km
Synodic rotation period	12 h
Geometric albedo	0.05±0.00; 0.052±0.006; 0.067±0.010; 0.1047 (derived); 0.1619±0.041
Spectral type	C
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.90 · 12.12±0.49 · 12.30 · 12.32 · 12.4

1537 Transylvania, provisional designation 1940 QA, is a carbonaceous asteroid and long-lost minor planet from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by Gyula Strommer in 1940, it was later named after region of Transylvania, where the discoverer was born.^[10]

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