Phaeton, Phaëton, Phaethon, Phæton, or Phaëthon may refer to:
Art
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''Phaëton'' (Lully), a tragédie lyrique by Jean Baptiste Lully
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''Phaethon'' (composition), a 1986 composition by Christopher Rouse
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''The Fall of Phaeton'' (Rubens), a painting by Peter Paul Rubens
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''Phaethon'' (play), a lost play by Euripides
Astronomy
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3200 Phaethon
3200 Phaethon (previously sometimes spelled Phaeton), provisional designation , is an active Apollo asteroid with an orbit that brings it closer to the Sun than any other named asteroid (though there are numerous unnamed asteroids with smaller ...
, a small asteroid or comet responsible for the Geminids meteor shower
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Phaeton (hypothetical planet)
Phaeton (alternatively Phaethon or Phaëton ; from grc, Φαέθων, Phaéthōn, ) was the hypothetical planet hypothesized by the Titius–Bode law to have existed between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the destruction of which supposedly le ...
, possibly destroyed to form the asteroid belt
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Phaethontis quadrangle, a region on Mars
Greek mythology
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Phaethon, son of Helios, personification of the Sun
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Phaethon of Syria, guardian of the temples of Aphrodite
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Phaethon (horse), one of the horses of
Eos
Vehicles
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Phaeton body, a style of open carriage or automobile
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Phaeton (carriage), a horse-drawn sporty open carriage
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Volkswagen Phaeton
The Volkswagen Phaeton ( ) (''Typ'' 3D) is a full-size luxury sedan/saloon manufactured by the German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen, described by Volkswagen as their "premium class" vehicle. Introduced at the 2002 Geneva Motor Show, the ...
, a full-size luxury automobile built by Volkswagen until 2016
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''Phaethon'' (patrol boat), a patrol boat of the Navy of Cyprus
* Double Phaeton, a
Gräf & Stift luxury automobile c. 1910
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HMS ''Phaeton'' (1782), a frigate of Britain's Royal Navy
Other uses
* Phaethon, first king of the Bronze Age
Molossians
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Dark photon
The dark photon (also hidden, heavy, para-, or secluded photon) is a hypothetical hidden sector particle, proposed as a force carrier similar to the photon of electromagnetism but potentially connected to dark matter. In a minimal scenario, this ...
, also called phaeton, a hypothetical dark matter particle
*''Phaethon'', genus name of the three
tropicbird species
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Phaeton, Haiti, an old factory town
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Phaethon (roller coaster)
Phaethon () is a steel inverted roller coaster at Gyeongju World in South Korea, which opened in May 5, 2007 to commemorate Children's Day and to renovate Gyeongju World to boost tourism. The coaster has been initially announced in 2006. It is ...
, a steel inverted roller coaster at Gyeongju World in South Korea
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