Juno
Encyclopedia
Astronomy and space exploration
- 3 Juno3 JunoJuno , formal designation 3 Juno in the Minor Planet Center catalogue system, was the third asteroid to be discovered and is one of the larger main-belt asteroids, being one of the two largest stony asteroids, along with 15 Eunomia. Juno is estimated to contain 1% of the total mass of the asteroid...
, an asteroid- Juno clumpJuno clumpThe Juno clump is a probable asteroid family in the vicinity of 3 Juno.3 Juno is a large asteroid with a mean diameter of about 235 km, but the remaining bodies are all small. , the brightest of those clearly in the visible clump would have a diameter of about 6 km, given the same albedo as 3 Juno...
, a probable asteroid family in the vicinity of 3 Juno
- Juno clump
- Juno (spacecraft)Juno (spacecraft)Juno is a NASA New Frontiers mission to the planet Jupiter. Juno was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011. The spacecraft is to be placed in a polar orbit to study the planet's composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere...
, a NASA mission to Jupiter - Juno IJuno IThe Juno I was a four-stage American booster rocket which launched America's first satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958. A member of the Redstone rocket family, it was derived from the Jupiter-C sounding rocket...
, a satellite launch vehicle - Project JunoProject JunoProject Juno was a private British space programme, which selected Helen Sharman to be the first Briton in space.As the United Kingdom has never had a human spaceflight programme, a private consortium was formed to raise money to pay the USSR for a seat on a Soyuz mission to the Mir space station...
, a private British space programme
Botany
- Juno (plant)Juno (plant)Juno, a term for bulbous iris species from subgenus Scorpiris, an independent genus Juno in some classifications.-External links:*...
, a term for bulbous iris species from subgenus Scorpiris, an independent genus Juno in some classifications
Film and television
- Juno (film)Juno (film)Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera, Olivia Thirlby, J. K....
, a 2007 Academy Award–winning comedy-drama - Jenny, JunoJenny, JunoJenny, Juno is a 2005 South Korean romantic film written and directed by Kim Ho-joon.-Plot:The plot centers around the relationship of a 15-year-old couple, Jenny and Juno , who meet in school. When Jenny discovers that she is pregnant, she and Juno decide against having an abortion, opting for...
, a 2005 Korean film - Sailor Juno, aka JunJun, a character in Sailor Moon
Music
- Juno (soundtrack)Juno (soundtrack)Music from the Motion Picture Juno, released on January 8, 2008, is the soundtrack that accompanies the Academy Award-winning film Juno.-Background:...
, the soundtrack to the film Juno - Juno (band)Juno (band)Juno was an American indie rock band formed in Seattle in 1995. Juno released their debut album This Is the Way It Goes and Goes and Goes as a co-release on DeSoto Records and Pacifico Records on March 30, 1999. Their second album A Future Lived in Past Tense was released May 8, 2001 on Desoto...
, a musical group - Juno MakJuno Mak- Discography :*August 17, 2002 - On The Road*October 4, 2002 - On The Road *March 19, 2003 - Next Step*April 27, 2004 - Proto*January 25, 2005 - Otherside*December 6, 2005 - Walking Underneath + Archives*April 20, 2007 - Chapel Of Dawn...
, the pop Chinese singer in Hong Kong - Juno (musical)Juno (musical)Juno is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Marc Blitzstein and book by Joseph Stein, based closely on the 1924 play Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey. The original Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York, on March 9, 1959.Despite light moments, the musical,...
, a Broadway musical - "Juno", song by Throwing Muses on the album House TornadoHouse TornadoHouse Tornado is a 1988 album by Throwing Muses. Produced by Gary Smith and Engineered by Paul Kolderie, it was recorded at Fort Apache Studios in Cambridge, MA. The album was released internationally on the 4AD label, except in the United States, where it was released by Sire Records...
- "Juno", song by Tokyo Police Club on the album Elephant ShellElephant ShellElephant Shell is the first LP to be released by Tokyo Police Club. It was released in the United States, Canada and Australia on April 22, 2008 on Saddle Creek Records, and in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe on May 5, 2008. "In a Cave", "Juno", and "Tessellate" have been posted on the...
- "Juno", song by Life Without BuildingsLife Without BuildingsLife Without Buildings were a Glasgow, Scotland based indie rock band. The band, mostly ex-students of the Glasgow School of Art, formed during the summer of 1999. The band initially consisted of Will Bradley , Chris Evans and Robert Johnston . Painter Sue Tompkins joined later that year...
on the album Any Other City - Juno Awards, a Canadian music award
- "Juno" song by Funeral For A Friend on the EP Between Order and ModelBetween Order And ModelBetween Order and Model is the first release by Welsh rock band Funeral for a Friend. It was released on 12 August 2002 through Mighty Atom Records in the United Kingdom. It is currently out of print and sought after by collectors. All of the tracks, excluding "Juno", were included on the band's...
- Juno ReactorJuno ReactorJuno Reactor is a musical and performing act known for the cinematic fusion of electronic, orchestral, and global music. Central to the project is Ben Watkins and his collaborations with a constantly changing ensemble of musicians from across the world, including percussionist Mabi Thobejane from...
, a trance music project - Juno RecordsJuno RecordsJuno Records is a UK-based online dance music retail store, selling vinyl records, CDs, music downloads and music accessories, founded by Richard Atherton and Sharon Boyd. The website was created in 1996 as an information-only site called The Dance Music Resource Pages, listing new dance music...
, an online music store - A line of synthesizers manufactured by the Roland CorporationRoland Corporationis a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972, with ¥33 million in capital. In 2005 Roland's headquarters relocated to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Today it has factories in Japan,...
- Roland Juno-60Roland Juno-60The Roland Juno-60 is a popular analogue 61-key polyphonic synthesizer produced by Roland Corporation in the early 1980s and a successor to the slightly earlier Juno-6. Like its predecessor, the Juno-60 has some digital enhancements, used only for clocking the oscillators and for saving and loading...
(early 1980s) - Roland Juno-106Roland Juno-106The Roland Juno-106 was a hybrid digital/analogue polyphonic synth manufactured by Roland Corporation in 1984. It featured Digitally controlled oscillators for tuning stability and digital envelope generation along with analog filters and signal path....
(1984) - Roland Juno-GRoland Juno-GRoland Juno-G is a music workstation/synth introduced in 2006 by Roland Corporation. It is based on the Fantom-X series, having a vintage design that resembles the first Juno synthesizers, such as the Juno-106...
(2006– )
- Roland Juno-60
Literature
- Juno (Dune), a character in the Dune universe
- Juno (the asteroid) in fiction
- Juno and the PaycockJuno and the PaycockJuno and the Paycock is a play by Sean O'Casey, and one of the most highly regarded and oft-performed plays in Ireland. It was first staged at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1924...
, a play by Sean O'Casey
People
- "Juno" Blair B, creator of the webcomic Star Cross'd DestinyStar Cross'd DestinyStar Cross'd Destiny or SXD is a webcomic written by "Juno" Blair B and based on her novel StarCrossed Destiny. It follows the anti-hero Juno and her friends, outcasts from society forced to band together to survive in mob society New Orleans....
- Juno TempleJuno Temple-Early life:Juno Temple was born in London, and is the daughter of producer Amanda Pirie and film director Julien Temple. She grew up in Somerset, England and attended Enmore Primary School, Bedales School, and King's College, Taunton...
, an English actress
Vehicles
, the name of nine Royal Navy vessels- Honda JunoHonda JunoThe Honda Juno is a scooter. Two versions were produced, the K-series of 1954 , and the M-series of 1962 .- Juno K :The Juno K was a deliberately elaborate bike in 1954. It was Honda's first scooter and would be competing with the well established Fuji Rabbit and Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon...
, a scooter - A locomotive in the South Devon Railway Dido classSouth Devon Railway Dido classThe eight Dido class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways...
- A locomotive in the GWR Banking ClassGWR Banking ClassThe Banking Class were five 0-6-0ST broad gauge steam locomotives for assisting trains up inclines on the Great Western Railway. Designed by Daniel Gooch, they were tank engine versions of his Standard Goods class, and mainly built at Swindon Works....
, several Clyde steamers/ferries