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blobrana
06-12-08, 12:41 PM
Asteroid 3 Juno is at Opposition on the 13th - 14th June, 2008.

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Magnitude: 10.1
Phase: 6 °
Distance: 2.2827 AU
Solar Distance: 3.2610 AU

Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V

2008 06 04 17 36.75 -04 44.6 2.302 3.269 158.9 6.4 10.1
2008 06 09 17 32.54 -04 36.4 2.288 3.264 160.9 5.9 10.1
2008 06 14 17 28.23 -04 31.4 2.280 3.258 161.3 5.8 10.0
2008 06 19 17 23.91 -04 29.7 2.279 3.252 160.0 6.1 10.1
2008 06 24 17 19.68 -04 31.2 2.285 3.246 157.3 6.9 10.1
2008 06 29 17 15.62 -04 36.0 2.297 3.240 153.7 8.0 10.1

Juno, designated 3 Juno (http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?orb=1;sstr=3) in the Minor Planet Centre catalogue system, was the third asteroid to be discovered and is one of the largest main belt asteroids, being the second heaviest of the stony S-type.
Read more (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Juno)