3 JunoJuno is a very big asteroid made of stone in a very excentric orbit. It was the third minor planet to be discovered, after Ceres and Pallas.Distance to the Sun: 1.979 - 3.358 AU Mass: 3.0 * 1019 kg Size: 290 * 240 * 190 km Orbit period: 1591.93 days (4,36 years) Back: Objects in the Solar System 02/05/2007 |
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