Phobetor

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Φοβητωρ (Phobētōr, “frightening”).

Proper noun

Phobetor

  1. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, one of the thousand sons of Somnus (Sleep).
  2. (planets) A planet in Lich star system, Milky Way Galaxy, Virgo constellation; the third exoplanet ever discovered. A planet in orbit of the pulsar Lich (PSR B1257+12).

Synonyms

(pulsar planet):

  • PSR B1257+12 C
  • PSR B1257+12 d

Coordinate terms

  • (sons of Somnus): Morpheus (dreams), Phantasos (inanimate objects in prophetic dreams), Ikelos (people in prophetic dreams)
  • (gods of fear): Phobos (fear), Deimos (terror), Pan (panic)
  • (pulsar planet): Lich (the pulsar PSR B1257+12)
planets of Lich (PSR B1257+12)

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