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Himeros

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Himeros
god of erotic desire; attendant of Aphrodite. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 131]


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As more investigative studies began in 18th century German-speaking areas, the first serious study of the topic by Glukas Himeros appeared in 1767.
One puzzle, notes Thomas, is that debris from two other large craters, Himeros and Psyche, don't seem to have made a significant contribution to the larger rocks observed on the asteroid's surface.
Indeed, the craft was never designed to land on Eros, and researchers expected it to be crippled by the impact when it hit just outside a saddle-shaped crater called Himeros.
 
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