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Asteroid 69230 Hermes makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.681 AU) on the 31st July, 2013.



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Asteroid (69230) Hermes was discovered by Karl Reinmuth in images taken on October 28, 1937.
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Asteroid (69230) Hermes is an Apollo, Mars- and Venus-crosser asteroid that passed Earth at about twice the distance of the Moon on October 30, 1937. It is named after the Greek god Hermes.
At the time, this was the closest known approach of an asteroid to the Earth.
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