1537 Transylvania
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1537 Transylvania is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on August 27, 1940 by G. Strommer at Budapest
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It was a lost asteroid until L. K. Kristensen at Aarhus University rediscovered it along with 452 Hamiltonia
along with numerous other small objects in 1981
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on August 27, 1940 by G. Strommer at Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
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It was a lost asteroid until L. K. Kristensen at Aarhus University rediscovered it along with 452 Hamiltonia
452 Hamiltonia
452 Hamiltonia is an asteroid. It was discovered by James Edward Keeler on December 6, 1899, but was then lost until 1987. Its provisional name was 1899 FD. The asteroid is named for Mount Hamilton, the site of Lick Observatory where Keeler was working when he discovered the asteroid.L. K...
along with numerous other small objects in 1981