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
RMS Transylvania (1925) RMS Transylvania (1925) RMS "Transylvania" was a British Anchor Line passenger liner later converted into an armed merchant cruiser, pennant F56 during World War II. She was launched on 11 March 1925 and sunk by the German U-boat on 10 August 1940. "Transylvania" was built in Glasgow, Scotland, by the Fairfield company, Yard No. 595. She was long and wide. The liner had twin propellers with a service speed of . "Transylvania" had three funnels but only required one; three funnels were more visually appealing and attracted more passengers than her similar-looking fleetmates which only had one funnel each. "Transylvania"