JUNO, in Astronomy

jooˈnō, in astronomy, 3d asteroid to be discovered. It was found in 1804 by C. Harding. It has a diameter of c.120 mi (190 km). Its average distance from the sun is 2.67 astronomical units, and its orbital period is 1,594 days.

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Makers of Astronomy
Book by Hector MacPherson; Clarendon Press, 1933
Subjects: Astronomers, Astronomy--History
...justified by the discovery of a third, Juno, by Harding at Lilienthal on 2 September...explosion in the past. The discovery of Juno and Vesta confirmed him in his provisional...perihelion in 1887. His chief work in cometary astronomy was on the great comet of 1811. His careful...
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Astronomy: A Revision of Young's Manual of Astronomy - Vol. 1
Book by Henry Norris Russell, Raymond Smith Dugan, John Quincy Stewart; Ginn, 1926
Subjects: Astronomy, Solar System
...350 ; diameter and albedo of, 351 ; largest Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta , 351 ; estimated density and mass of, 352 ; rotation...186 ; methods of determining, 187 ; accepted value of, 188 Astronomy, defined, 1 ; relation of, to other sciences, 3 ; value...
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The Story of Astronomy
Book by Lloyd Motz, Jefferson Hane Weaver; Perseus Publishing, 1995
Subjects: Astronomy--History
...discovered the asteroid Pallas in 1802; two other asteroids, Juno in 1804 and Vesta in 1807, were then discovered. By 1890...a planet. These asteroids have played an important role in astronomy for their orbits are an excellent test of Newtonian gravitational...
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Popular Astronomy: Being the New Descriptive Astronomy
Book by Joel Dorman Steele; American Book Company, 1899
Subjects: Astronomy
...Jupiter and Alcmena. While he was yet lying in his cradle, Juno, in her jealousy, sent two serpents to destroy him. The precocious...strangled them with his hands. By the cunning artifice of Juno, Hercules was made subject to Eurystheus, his elder half...
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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...and it was discovered in 1986 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Juno Asteroid 3, the third asteroid to be discovered, by the German...Ludwig Harding 1765-1834 in 1804. Its diameter is 248 km. Juno is of S class, with a rotation period of 7.21 hours. Its...
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journal articles on: Juno in Astronomy  - 5 results

 
 
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The Monument, Or, Christopher Wren's Roman Accent
Journal article by John E. Moore; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 80, 1998
Subjects: Art criticism, Fires, London England, Memorials & monuments, Wren, Christopher S
...from 1657 to 1661, Savilian Professor of astronomy at Oxford from 1661 to 1673, and surveyor...public prayers" and two propitiations to Juno, "first in the Capitol, then at the...English architecture: What did anatomy, astronomy, and architecture have in common for...
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Sancho as a Thief of Time and Art: Ovid's Fasti and Cervantes' Don Quixote 2
Journal article by Frederick A. De Armas; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Cervantes, Miguel de--Criticism and interpretation, Cervantes, Miguel de--Influence, Don Quixote (de Cervantes, Miguel) (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Literary techniques--Usage, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Renaissance writers--Criticism and interpretation, Renaissance writers--Influence, Time--Portrayals
...age in which political leaders exploited astronomy to augment their power, star myths often...beauty." The rivalry here is between Juno, Hebe, and Concordia. (69) The first...muse of Sacred Poetry. As the Muse of Astronomy, Urania connects the month with the maiores...
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Creative Partners: The Marriage of Laura Battiferra and Bartolomeo Ammannati *
Journal article by Victoria Kirkham; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2002
Subjects: Aristocracy--Social aspects, Italy--16th century AD, Sculptors--Behavior
...learning in such disciplines as mathematics, geometry, astronomy, and "hisroriography." Both the collection of Memorable...it was never installed as planned (the Tomb of Mario Nari, Juno Fountain). Overshadowed historically by Michelangelo before...
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The Inshape of Inscape
Journal article by James Finn Cotter; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 42, 2004
Subjects: De la Verite de la Religion Chrestienne (Book)--Translations and translating, Golding, Philip Sidney-Arthur--Works, Religion and literature--Criticism and interpretation, Religion and literature--Translations and translating, Religious literature--Criticism and interpretation, Religious literature--Translations and translating, The Trewnesse of the Christian Religion (Book)--Translations and translating
...Talmudic sources as well as contemporary science, particularly astronomy. He is fascinated by ancient and modern history and is knowledgeable...as the Trinity of the Capitol at Rome, which was of Jove, Juno, and Minerva." (9) Like de Momay, Hopkins studied the...
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A Course of Life: My Autobiography
Journal article by Donald Phillip Verene; CLIO, Vol. 23, 1994
Subjects: Philosophers--Biography
...with her lover. She was more like a modern woman than like Juno. It was decided that we would move from Knoxville to Galesburg...maternal grandmother, Amy Grant). L. Larken, who taught astronomy in the Knox observatory in Masters time, became "Professor...


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magazine articles on: Juno in Astronomy  - 3 results

 
 
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Your Guide to the Year in Science
Magazine article by Corey Binns, Amanda Schupak; Popular Science, Vol. 278, January 2011
Subjects: Artificial insemination, Astronomy, Cameras, Competition, Computer & video games, Construction, Earthquakes, Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, Space stations, Studies
...solar orbit since then, a journey of some 17 billion miles. Juno Begins Search for Oxygen on Jupiter The solar-powered spacecraft...will reach its final destination, Jupiters orbit, in 2016. Juno will measure the thermal radiation emanating from deep inside...
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Big Science!
Magazine article by Gregory Mone, Brooke Borel, Katherine Bagley, Jennifer Abbasi; Popular Science, Vol. 279, August 2011
Subjects: Atoms & subatomic particles, Budgets, Climate change, Cosmic rays, Neptune, Quarks, Science, Sensors, Telescopes
...Pick a chapter in a modern astronomy textbook, and you will fi...4 WIIFY: 2 Wow factor: 8 JUNO A JUPITER ORBITER ON A SUICIDE MISSION Just before Juno enters Jupiters orbit in 2016...SCIENTIFIC UTILITY: While Juno circles Jupiter, a suite...
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Syphilis and the Shepherd of Atlantis
Magazine article by Stephen Jay Gould; Natural History, Vol. 109, October 2000
Subjects: Fracastoro, Girolamo (1478?-1553), Genomics, History, Names, Poetry, STD, Science, Sexually transmitted diseases
...1478-1553). Fracastoro dabbled in astronomy (he became friendly with Copernicus when...choose? But fortunately, the goddess Juno decides to spare the unfortunate shepherd...their annual rites of sacrifice please Juno, who in return allows a wondrous cure...


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newspaper articles on: Juno in Astronomy  - 3 results

 
 
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The Greening of NASA?
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 2, 2011
Subjects: Jupiter (Planet), Sustainable living
...spacecraft. The robotic explorer Juno is set to become the most distant...probe ever powered by the sun. Juno is equipped with three tractor...first of three high-profile astronomy missions coming up for NASA...science missions, not just Juno," Bolton said. NASAs long...
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Snapshots of a Life Less Ordinary; This Year Marks the Bicentenary of the Birth of John Dillwyn Llewelyn - 19th Century Photography Pioneer, Landowner, Scientist and Philanthropist. Robin Turner Takes a Look at His Colourful Life
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), April 7, 2010
...erected in Penllegares walled gardens. And his interest in astronomy led to the building of an equatorial observatory - only the...camera in 1853; Dillwyns mansion on the Penllergare estate; Juno blowing off steam at Tenby, exhibited in Paris 1855; Tenby...
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Our Ancestors Were More Attuned to the Passing of the Seasons; Astronomical Notes for December by Gill Pilfold of the Birmingham Astronomical Society
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 26, 2005
...environment which, hopefully, will be added to by a new NASA mission called Juno, due to launch within the next five years. Venus shines as a brilliant...local astronomical society - check out our website at birmingham-astronomy.co.uk


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encyclopedia articles on: Juno in Astronomy  - 1 result

 
 
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Juno , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JUNO , in astronomy joo no, in astronomy, 3d asteroid to be discovered. It was found in 1804 by C. Harding. It has a diameter of c.120 mi (190 km). Its average distance from the sun is 2.67 astronomical units , and its orbital period...


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