69230 Hermes

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69230 Hermes is a sub-kilometer sized asteroid and binary system on an eccentric orbit, classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group, that passed Earth at approximately twice the distance of the Moon on 30 October 1937.

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Image: Brian A. Skiff, Lowell Observatory., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.