1537 Transylvania lightcurve has been obtained, and "Transylvania"s period is still uncertain. According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, "Transylvania" measures between 13.77 and 21.49 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.05 and 0.1619. The "Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link" derives an albedo of 0.1047 and a diameter of 13.60 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.4. This minor planet was named after the historical region of Transylvania, located in what is now Romania. Formerly, it was part of
Transylvania Colony Transylvania Colony The Transylvania Colony, also referred to as the Transylvania Purchase, was a short-lived, extra-legal colony founded during 1775 by land speculator Richard Henderson, who controlled the North Carolina-based Transylvania Company. Henderson and his investors had reached an agreement to purchase a vast tract of Cherokee lands west of the southern and central Appalachian Mountains through the acceptance of Treaty of Sycamore Shoals with most leading Cherokee chieftains then controlling these lands. To further complicate matters, this early American frontier land was also claimed at the same time by both the Province of Virginia (particularly following Lord Dunmore's War)