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Mythology:

Hḗphaistos is the Greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire
(compare, however, with Hestia), and volcanoes. Hephaestus’s Roman counterpart is Vulcan. In Greek mythology,
Hephaestus was either the son of Zeus and Hera or he was Hera’s parthenogenic child.
As a smithing god, Hephaestus made all the weapons of the gods in Olympus. He served as the blacksmith of the gods
and was worshipped in the manufacturing and industrial centers of Greece, particularly Athens. The cult of Hephaestus was based in Lemnos.
Hephaestus’s symbols are a smith’s hammer, an anvil, and a pair of tongs. His wife was the Goddess Aphrodite.

Astronomy:

2212 Hephaistos (1978 SB) is an Apollo asteroid and a NEO discovered on 27 September 1978 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical
Observatory. It is named after the Greek god Hephaestus. It is the largest member of the Hephaistos asteroid group.
It makes close approaches to all of the inner planets and will pass 0.048 AU (7.2 million km) from Mercury on 2032-Sep-16.
Other potential members of the Hephaistos group include (85182) 1991 AQ, 4486 Mithra, and D/1766 G1 (Helfenzrieder).

Color

Gold

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