Thanatos Thanatos In Greek mythology, Thanatos (; , pronounced in "Death", from θνῄσκω "thnēskō" "to die, be dying") was the personification of death. He was a minor figure in Greek mythology, often referred to but rarely appearing in person. His name is transliterated in Latin as "Thanatus", but his equivalent in Roman mythology is "Mors" or Letum. Mors is sometimes erroneously identified with Orcus, whose Greek equivalent was Horkos, God of the Oath. The Greek poet Hesiod established in his "Theogony" that Thánatos is a son of Nyx (Night) and Erebos (Darkness) and twin of Hypnos (Sleep). Homer also confirmed Hypnos
14827 Hypnos with respect to the ecliptic. It is frequently perturbed by Jupiter. The body's observation arc begins at Anderson Mesa Station the night prior to its official discovery observation at Palomar. As a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid "Hypnos" has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of , which corresponds to 5.7 lunar distances. In 1958, "Hypnos" passed less than 0.03 AU from both Earth and Mars. Neither planet has been approached so closely by "Hypnos" since the 862 AD pass of Earth, or will be until the 2214 pass of Earth. It is also a Mars-crosser. "Hypnos" may be