Of the characters in Greek mythology called Phaethon (/ˈfeɪ.əθən/; Ancient Greek: Φαέθων, Phaéthōn, pronounced[pʰa.étʰɔ͜ɔn]), the best known was the son of the OceanidClymene and the solar deityApollo or Helios. Alternative, less common genealogies make him a son of Clymenus by Merope, of Helios and Rhode (thus a full brother of the Heliadae) or of Helios and Prote.
In the prevailing account, Phaethon, challenged by his playmates, sought assurance from his mother that his father was the sun god. She gave him the requested assurance and told him to turn to his father for confirmation. He asked his father for some proof that would demonstrate his relationship with the sun. When the god promised to grant him whatever he wanted, he insisted on being allowed to drive the sun chariot for a day. Placed in charge of the chariot, he was unable to control the horses. The earth was in danger of being burnt up and, to prevent this disaster, Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt.
The name "Phaethon", which means "Shining One", was given also to Phaethon (son of Eos), to one of the horses of Eos (the Dawn), the Sun, the constellationAuriga, and the planetJupiter, while as an adjective it was used to describe the sun and the moon. In some accounts the planet referred to by this name is not Jupiter but Saturn.
3200 Phaethon (/ˈfeɪ.əθɒn/FAY-ə-thon, sometimes incorrectly spelled Phaeton) is an Apollo asteroid with an unusual orbit that brings it closer to the Sun than any other named asteroid (though there are several unnamed asteroids, including three numbered ones, with smaller perihelia, e.g. (137924) 2000 BD19). For this reason, it was named after the Greek myth of Phaëton, son of the sun god Helios. It is 5.1±0.2km (3.17±0.12mi) in meandiameter.
Discovery
Phaethon was the first asteroid to be discovered using images from a spacecraft. Simon F. Green and John K. Davies discovered it in images from October 11, 1983, while searching Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) data for moving objects. It was formally announced on October 14 in IAUC 3878 along with optical confirmation by Charles T. Kowal, who reported it to be asteroidal in appearance. Its provisional designation was 1983 TB, and it later received the numerical designation and name 3200 Phaethon in 1985.
In Greek mythology, Phaethon was a son of Eos by Cephalus or Tithonus, born in Syria. Aphrodite stole him away while he was no more than a child to be the night-watchman at her most sacred shrines. The Minoans called him "Adymus", by which they meant the morning and evening star.
Phaethon was the father of Astynous, who in his turn became father of Sandocus. The latter migrated from Syria to Cilicia where he founded a city Celenderis; he then married Pharnace, daughter of King Megassares of Hyria, and had by her a son Cinyras.
I am Faethon, the one, your son My father is Helios Sworn to the Styx The river of the gods And let me feel The sky with my shine The gates of the sunrise With red color shine And the dawn has opened the palaces ...And the dawn has paled Everything is ready for the final call The guardians of Olympus are opening the gates I, Faethon, rule the sky Lord of the sun for just a while I fell over the scorpio And I'm heading to Capricornus Flames burst over the land To deep valleys and darkened forest Faethon you fool You wounded our mother Now expect for the coming of Thanatos Zeus throws his thunder again And Faethon drops lifeless to Iridanos Pote Ksana thnitos sti xora tov ellinon O' ellines thei, pote! [Never again a mortal in the land of the greeks
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Let me introduce Phaethon, a "rock comet" that blurs the definitions between asteroid and comet, and let me tell you why it will be worth paying attention to this fascinating object in the coming years ... Crucially, Phaethon is not alone.
(MENAFN - The Conversation) What's the difference between an asteroid and a comet? A comet is basically a dirty iceball composed of rock and ice. The classic image is of a bright–star– in the ... .
Let me introduce Phaethon, a “rock comet” that blurs the definitions between asteroid and comet, and let me tell you why it will be worth paying attention to this fascinating object in the coming years ... How Destiny+ will visit Phaethon..
The comet-like asteroid Phaethon likely lobbed thousands of rocky fragments toward Earth while rapidly spinning around the sun 18,000 years ago, new research suggests ― and it may fling some more soon ....
3200Phaethon. The source of the Geminids is the bizarre, ‘rock comet’ object 3200 Phaethon ... 3200 Phaethon seems to be shedding flecks of material at it gets alternately baked and frozen on its path around the Sun.
Asteroid Phaethon, which is five kilometers in diameter, has been puzzling researchers for a long time ... Phaethon causes the Geminid meteor shower, which also appears in the skies of Finland every year around mid-December.
) Finnish team found out the composition of asteroid Phaethon... Asteroid Phaethon, which is five kilometers in diameter, has been puzzling researchers for a long time ... Phaethon's spectrum match the spectra of CY carbonaceous chondrites.
