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1 September, 1804

Karl Ludwig Harding, a German astronomer, discovered Juno asteroid on 1st September 1804. It was the third asteroid to be discovered and is the 11th largest to be found till date. Juno was named after the mythological Roman goddess and was originally classified as a planet.