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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 Type
Main-belt asteroid (S-type) 1
Discovery Year
1804 1
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation3 Juno, lead section
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a large asteroid in the asteroid belt
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation3 Juno, infobox (Discovery date)
Quote, 3 Juno, infobox (Discovery date)
1 September 1804
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationIn Category: Celestial Objects, 3 Juno, Wikipedia summary
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