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Juno, in astronomyJuno (j `nō), in astronomy, 3d asteroid asteroid, planetoid, or minor planet, small body orbiting the sun. More than 10,000 asteroids have orbits sufficiently well known to have been cataloged and named; thousands more exist...... Click the link for more information. 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 astronomical unit (AU), mean distance between the earth and sun; one AU is c.92,960,000 mi (149,604,970 km). The astronomical unit is the principal unit of measurement within the solar system, e.g., Mercury is just over 1-3 AU and Pluto is about 39 AU from the sun. ..... Click the link for more information. , and its orbital period is 1,594 days. Juno, in Roman religion and mythologyJuno, in Roman religion and mythology, wife and sister of Jupiter. In early Roman times she, like the Greek Hera (with whom she was later identified), was goddess and protector of women, concerned especially with their sexual life. In later religion she became, however, the great goddess of the state and was worshiped, in conjunction with Jupiter and Minerva, at the temple on the Capitol.JunoIn Roman religion, the chief goddess and female counterpart of Jupiter. She was identified with the Greek goddess Hera. With Jupiter and Minerva she was a member of the Capitoline triad of deities traditionally introduced into Rome by the Etruscans. She was connected with all aspects of the lives of women, particularly marriage. Individualized, she became a female guardian spirit; as every man had his genius, so every woman had her juno. Her temple in Rome eventually housed the Roman mint, and she was invoked as the savior of the state. Her sacred bird was the peacock. Juno(Juno Online Services, Inc., www.juno.com) An ISP that provides Internet access and Web-based e-mail with free or paid service plans. Juno started out in 1995 as a non-Web service. Mail was accessed only via a dial-up connection to the Juno computer. Later, Juno added Internet e-mail and Web access. In 2001, it merged with NetZero to become United Online (www.unitedonline.net). See Internet e-mail service and United Online. Juno1 (in Roman tradition) the queen of the Olympian gods Juno2 Astronomy the fourth largest known asteroid (approximate diameter 240 kilometres) and one of the four brightest Juno [′jü·nō] (astronomy) An asteroid with a diameter of about 150 miles (242 kilometers), mean distance from the sun of 2.67 astronomical units, and S-type surface composition; the third asteroid discovered, it is sometimes grouped with Ceres, Pallas, and Vesta as the Big Four, although it is about 14 in size range. Juno in allegories of elements, personification of air. [Art: Hall, 128]
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