Hermes
The first known NEO (Near Earth Object) passed by the Earth
on October 30th 1937. The asteroid called Hermes missed the Earth by
485,000 miles which by today’s near misses is quite a distance.
It worried
astronomers because until Hermes, astronomers were skeptical about asteroids
hitting the Earth. It was only recovered again 66 years later in 2003. Hermes
crosses the Earth’s orbit twice every 777 days but it is usually at a great
distance and normally very faint.
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