3 Juno, generally known as Juno, is a large asteroid in the asteroid belt, the third asteroid ever discovered, found by the German astronomer Karl Harding in 1804. It is tied for the thirteenth-largest asteroid and is one of the two largest stony S-type asteroids, estimated to contain about one percent of the total mass of the asteroid belt.
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Object TypeMain-belt asteroid (S-type) 1 Discovery Year Connections
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3 Juno, lead section
a large asteroid in the asteroid belt
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Juno (minor-planet designation: 3 Juno) is a large asteroid in the asteroid belt.
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1 September 1804
Entity description, juno catalogue classification
3 Juno, generally known as Juno, is a large asteroid in the asteroid belt, the third asteroid ever discovered, found by the German astronomer Karl Harding in 1804. It is tied for the thirteenth-largest asteroid and is one of the two largest stony S-type asteroids, estimated to contain about one percent of the total mass of the asteroid belt.
Orbits: Sun, 3 Juno, orbit section (edges wave 2)
The orbital period of Juno is 4.36578 years.
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