Sunday, October 25, 2009

Discovery- Hermes Asteroid


Hermes Asteroid was first discovered in 1937. It disappeared for 66 years and then found again on october 15. It was discovered by arecibo's telescope. At first they thoguht it was just a bright object passing by. But it is actually two giant objects in space traveling together. Hermes makes frequent close approaches to Earth, Venus, and Mars. It is the third biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt between mars and jupiter.

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