Phaethon

Details Phaethon Phaethon

Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5266. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Asteroids

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An Apollo asteroid discovered by Simon Green and John Davies in 1983 from data returned by the IRAS satellite; it is designated (3200) Phaethon. It follows a highly elliptical orbit and at perihelion is just 0.14 AU from the Sun, well within the orbit of Mercury. It was named after the son of the Sun-god Helios, who took the reins of the Sun-chariot and, losing control, nearly incinerated the Ear...

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