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GEMINI (" The Twins," i.e. Castor and...

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 572 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEMINI (" The Twins," i.e. See also:Castor and See also:Pollux)  , in See also:astronomy, the third sign in the See also:zodiac, denoted by the See also:symbol II . It is also a See also:constellation, mentioned by See also:Eudoxus (4th See also:century B.C.) and See also:Aratus (3rd century B.C.), and catalogued by See also:Ptolemy, 25 stars, Tycho See also:Brahe 25, and See also:Hevelius 38 . By the Egyptians this constellation was symbolized as a couple of See also:young kids; the Greeks altered this symbol to two See also:children, variously said to be See also:Castor and See also:Pollux, See also:Hercules and See also:Apollo, or See also:Triptolemus and Iasion; the Arabians used the symbol of a pair of peacocks . Interesting See also:objects in this constellation are: a Geminorum or Castor, a very See also:fine See also:double See also:star of magnitudes 2•o and 2.8, the fainter component is a spectroscopic binary; n Geminorum, a See also:long See also:period (231 days) variable, the extreme range in magnitude being 3.2 to 4; Geminorum, a See also:short period variable, o.15 days, the extreme range in magnitude being 3.7 to 4.5; Nova Geminorum, a " new " star discovered in 1903 by H . H . See also:Turner of See also:Oxford; and the star cluster M.35 Geminorum, a fine and See also:bright, but loose, cluster, with very little central condensation .

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