1804年9月1日：Karl Ludwig Harding发现婚神星（3 Juno）

1804年9月1日，德国天文学家Karl Ludwig Harding利用折射望远镜发现了一颗新的天体。该天体被命名为婚神星，Harding所属的“天体警察”组织致力于寻找提丢斯-波得定则所预言的“缺失行星”。

On Sept. 1, 1804, German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding peered through a 5-centimeter refracting telescope at a private observatory near Bremen, and discovered a celestial body he named Juno. Harding was part of the so-called Celestial Police. This group of astronomers had dedicated themselves to the search for the “missing planet” that the Titius-Bode law Continue reading "Sept. 1, 1804: Karl Harding spots 3 Juno" The post Sept. 1, 1804: Karl Harding spots 3 Juno appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .