Hermes

Asteroid Number 69230
Discovered October 28, 1937 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.

Hermes was the messenger of the gods, son of Zeus and Maia. His attributes are the most complex and varied of those of any of the major 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. Named by the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut.