ALL meanings of phaethon
Pha·ë·thon
P p - noun phaethon a son of Helios who borrowed the chariot of the sun and drove it so close to earth that Zeus struck him down to save the world. 1
- noun phaethon an asteroid (6.9 km in diameter) that has an orbit approaching close to the sun and releases fragments of dust that enter the earth's atmosphere as meteors 0
- noun phaethon the son of Helios (the sun god) who borrowed his father's chariot and nearly set the earth on fire by approaching too close to it. Zeus averted the catastrophe by striking him down with a thunderbolt 0
- noun phaethon son of Helios, the sun god: he unsuccessfully tries to drive his father's sun chariot and almost sets the world on fire, but Zeus strikes him down with a thunderbolt 0