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Show Asteroid Appears, Vanishes In 1937, an asteroid about a mile In diameter was sighted moving iwiftly against the background of the stars. Before news of the discovery dis-covery could be circulated, the body had sivooped away and was lost. It ha.-, not been seer, since that time. It was given a name, however, and that is Hermes, for the swift messenger of the gods whom the Romans called Mercury. From a few accidental observations observa-tions of tMs br.dy made within a day or two of lt oi-jcovery, it was calculated that ;.s nearest approach ap-proach wa? about 100.000 miles, only twice the moon'j distance. |