1537 Transylvania

1537 Transylvania
Discovery[1]
Discovered byG. Strommer
Discovery siteKonkoly Obs.
Discovery date27 August 1940
Designations
(1537) Transylvania
Named after
Transylvania[2]
(region in Romania)
1940 QA · 1940 QN
A903 VB
main-belt · (outer)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc113.42 yr (41,428 days)
Aphelion3.9677 AU
Perihelion2.1361 AU
3.0519 AU
Eccentricity0.3001
5.33 yr (1,947 days)
143.95°
0° 11m 5.64s / day
Inclination3.8591°
230.07°
148.20°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions13.60 km (derived)[3]
13.77±1.5 km[4]
17.48±1.16 km[5]
20.288±0.256 km[6]
20.29±0.26 km[6]
21.49±1.58 km[7]
12 h[8]
0.05±0.00[5]
0.052±0.006[6]
0.067±0.010[7]
0.1047 (derived)[3]
0.1619±0.041[4]
C[3][9]
11.90[7][4] · 12.12±0.49[9] · 12.30[6] · 12.32[5] · 12.4[1][3]

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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