Ixion

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • King of Lapiths, who was punished by Zeus for trying to seduce Hera by being bound to a winged fiery wheel that was always spinning.
  • A Kuiper belt object (KBO), 28978 Ixion (provisional designation 2001 KX76), once thought to be a possible dwarf planet.

Origin

  • From Latin Ixīōn, from Ancient Greek Ἰξίων.

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