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Discovery of Juno

When
1 September 1804
Where
Schröter's observatory
Part of
K. L. Harding discovers the asteroid Juno (September 1804)

Karl Ludwig Harding discovered the asteroid 3 Juno on 1 September 1804 at Schröter's observatory in Lilienthal.

Juno was the third asteroid discovered in the main belt. Harding conducted the observation as part of a collaborative group. The asteroid is a large S-type body, tied as the thirteenth largest in the belt.

Sources

  1. 3 Juno Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-04
  2. Lilienthal, Lower Saxony Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30
  3. Karl Ludwig Harding Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31

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