3 Juno facts for kids

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Juno 4 wavelengths

June as seen by 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mt. Wilson Observatory in four wavelength bands

3 Juno is a main belt asteroid discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding on September 1, 1804. Juno was the third asteroid discovered in the Solar System and is named after Juno, the Roman goddess that is the queen of all gods.

Moon and Asteroids 1 to 10

Size comparison: the first 10 asteroids discovered, profiled against Earth's Moon. Juno is third from the left.

Juno is an S-type asteroid, and is estimated to contain 1% of the total mass of the asteroid belt.

Images for kids

The orbit of Juno is significantly elliptical with a small inclination, moving between Mars and Jupiter
Juno moving across background stars
Juno during opposition in 2009
1 December 2005
16 November 2018

See also

In Spanish: (3) Juno para niños

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