(69230) Hermes, military radiophonic comunications

(69230) Hermes is a binary apollo asteroid discovered in October of 1937 and named in January of 1938, that was lost just after, until its rediscovery in August of 2003. There are prediscovery images back to June of 2002 and September-August of 2001.

Its orbit is between Mercury and the main belt. It has a perihelion of 0.62 AU and an aphelion of 2.68 AU. The semimajor axis is at 1.65 AU (aphelion of Mars). It has a diameter of about 450 + 300 m. It has an inclination of 6.0º. In April of 1942, reached a proximity of only 0.004 AU to Earth.

The companion of (69230) Hermaes was discovered in October of 2003.


Greek mythology

Hermes was the messenger of the gods. He was a deity of wealth, god of trade and travelers, of commerce, manual skill, oratory and eloquence, of thieves and of the wind.

The discovery of (69230) Hermes clashed with the transition from silent movies to sound movies, which resulted in changes in actors selection, since many actors of success in silent film, did not have an appropriate voice for sound movies.

During its rediscovery (August 2003), appeared the application Skipe, that allowed to talk on the phone, free of charge, via the internet with any part of the world.

(69230) Hermes is related with the modulation of voice and expressiveness through comunications by radio, specially the military type.

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