- 1126 Otero
Infobox Planet
minorplanet = yes
bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name = 1126 Otero cite web | title="JPL Small-Body Database Browser" | url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1126 | accessdate= October 17 | accessyear= 2007 ]
discovery = yes
discoverer = Reinmuth, K.
discovered = 1929-Jan-11
epoch = Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
aphelion = 2.6064044 AU
perihelion = 1.9382134 AU
semimajor = 2.2723089 AU
eccentricity = 0.1470291
period = 1251.1215349 days
3.43 years
inclination = 6.49986 °
asc_node = 1.17685 °
mean_anomaly = 335.91991 °
arg_peri = 135.37691 °
physical_characteristics = yes| dimensions = diameter 11.96
albedo = 0.1786
abs_magnitude = 12.10 mag1126 Otero is a
main belt asteroid orbiting theSun . Approximately 12 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun about once every 3 1/2 years. It was discovered byKarl Wilhelm Reinmuth onJanuary 11 ,1929 . It was named forCarolina Otero , who was known as "la belle Otero." She was able to amass immense wealth because of her rich and famous lovers, who fought each other and ruined themselves to win her favor. Its provisional designation was 1929 AC. [cite book |last= Schmadel |first= Lutz D. |title= Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |publisher= Springer |year= 2003 |isbn= 3540002383 ]References
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