3 Juno

2 Pallas
3Juno from AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip in Orbiter 2002P3
Designation
Name	3 Juno
Reference body	Sun
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2006
Semimajor axis (a)	399 143 050 789.193 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.258325640456913
Inclination (i)	12.97119568° (0.22639007247851 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	170.1247167° (2.96923644494981 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	417.9641575° (7.29485070410985 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	434.2116567° (7.57842306042693 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	117000 km
Mass	2.82×1019 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod	25954.56 seconds (7.2096 hours)
SidRotOffset	0
Obliqutiy	0
LAN	0
Note	*Elements given are from 3 Juno.cfg (AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip)

3 Juno is a large prograde asteroid in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and was the third asteroid discovered by Karl Harding in September 1804 and was named for the Roman goddess Juno.

Juno contains perhaps 1% of the mass of the entire asteroid belt.

3 Juno in Orbiter

3 Juno was first introduced with the release of AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip in November 2004. Note that the landing surface as given in the config file is spherical, but the visual of Juno is not, if you land, you will likely be above or below the visual surface.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Pallas
Add-on	Source	Version	Author	Type	Release Date	Compatibility	Wiki article
Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 2/4 - v2.0.0	O-F Resources	v2.0.0	cristiapi	Scenery	2 July 2015
Asteroid Pack 1.00	O-F Resources	2004-11-21	Nighthawke	Scenery	21 November 2004
Main Belt Asteroids v1.0	O-F Resources	v1.0	Unknown OHM Addon Developer	Scenery	14 May 2003

See also

3 Juno at Wikipedia

Gallery

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  3 Juno from AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip in Orbiter 2003P2
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  Image of 3 Juno from the Very Large Telescope in 2021

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