Karl Ludwig Harding (September 29, 1765 – August 31, 1834) was a German astronomer notable for having discovered the asteroid 3 Juno. Jump to: navigation, search September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... Jump to: navigation, search An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... 3 Juno (jew-noh) was discovered on September 1, 1804 by German astronomer Karl L. Harding, using a humble 2-inch telescope. ...

In 1796 Johann Hieronymus Schröter hired Harding as a tutor for Schroter's son. That year, Harding discovered Juno at Schröter's observatory. He then went to Göttingen to assist Carl Friedrich Gauss. 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... Johann Hieronymus Schröter (August 30, 1745 – August 29, 1816) was a German astronomer. ... Landmark Gänseliesel fountain at the main market Göttingen (   listen?) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Jump to: navigation, search Carl Friedrich Gauss (Gauß) (April 30, 1777 – February 23, 1855) was a German mathematician and scientist of profound genius who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, magnetism, astronomy and optics. ...

In addition to Juno, he discovered three comets and published the Atlas novus coelestis which catalogued 120,000 stars. Photo of the comet Hale-Bopp above a tree. ... In astronomy, many stars are referred to simply by catalogue numbers. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Pleiades star cluster A star is a massive body of plasma in outer space that is currently producing or has produced energy through nuclear fusion. ...

Harding crater on the Moon is named after him, and so is the asteroid 2003 Harding. Harding is a small lunar impact crater that lies in the Sinus Roris, a bay in the northwest part of the Oceanus Procellarum. ... Jump to: navigation, search Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ...