Discovered by Gyula Strommer Alternative names 1940 QA Discovered 27 August 1940 Discoverer G. Strommer Discovery site Konkoly Observatory MPC designation 1537 | Discovery date 27 August 1940 Observation arc 112.44 yr (41068 days) Orbits Sun Named after Transylvania Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Aphelion 3.9667225 AU (593.41324 Gm) Perihelion 2.1314205 AU (318.85597 Gm) | ||
1537 Transylvania (1940 QA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 27, 1940, by Gyula Strommer at Budapest.
It was a lost asteroid until Leif Kahl Kristensen at Aarhus University rediscovered it along with 452 Hamiltonia along with numerous other small objects in 1981
References
1537 Transylvania Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA