(3) Juno

Also known as Juno

asteroide de tipo de composición tipo S

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3 Juno is a large asteroid located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and it was the third asteroid ever discovered when German astronomer Karl Harding found it in 1804. It matters as a significant early discovery in astronomy that helped scientists understand the structure of our solar system.

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Picture of the Day · NASA

Pathfinder on Mars

2026-07-04

On July 4th, 1997, using its own array of fireworks, a parachute, and a cocoon of airbags, the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft bounced like a giant beach ball at least 15 times before it came to rest on the surface of Mars at 10:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time. After its then novel airbag-assisted landing sequence was completed, Pathfinder transmitted this color mosaic to mission operators on Earth. In the scene from another world, the Mars Sojourner robot rover is visible in the foreground, crouched on top of the unfolded Pathfinder. About the size of a large house cat, the six-wheeled, solar-powered Sojourner became the first successful Martian rover. Surrounding Pathfinder are deflated airbags and the rock-strewn terrain of the Ares Vallis floodplain. In the distance Martian hills appear against a dusty brownish sky. The Pathfinder lander was subsequently renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station.

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Wikidata facts

Diameter: 246.596
Mass: 28200000000000000000
Orbital period: 1594.335665347375
Image: 3 Juno VLT (2021).png

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Article · Español

(3) Juno (del latín: Iūno) fue el tercer asteroide en ser descubierto y es uno de los más grandes del cinturón principal de asteroides, siendo el segundo más pesado dentro de los de tipo S. Fue descubierto el 1 de septiembre de 1804 por el astrónomo alemán Karl Ludwig Harding y bautizado con este nombre en honor a la diosa Juno desde el de Lilienthal, Alemania.

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