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Castor [a] and Pollux [b] (or Polydeuces) [c] are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi. [d]Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who seduced Leda in the guise of a swan. [2]
Castor's torso is represented by the star τ Gem, Castor's left hand by ι Gem (which he shares with Pollux), Castor's right hand by θ Gem; all three of these stars are of the fourth magnitude. Castor's pelvis is represented by the star ε Gem , Castor's left foot by ν Gem , and Castor's right foot by μ Gem and η Gem ; ε, μ, and η Gem ...
The two red dwarfs of Castor C are almost identical, with masses around a half M ☉ and luminosities less than 10% of the Sun. [11] Since 2018 it is suspected a brown dwarf with a mass at least 49 ± 7 times the mass of Jupiter might be orbiting Castor C with a period of 50 years. If it is confirmed, Castor would turn out to be a seven-star ...
Size comparison of Pollux (left) and the Sun (right) At an apparent visual magnitude of 1.14, [28] Pollux is the brightest star in its constellation, even brighter than its neighbor Castor (α Geminorum). Pollux is 6.7 degrees north of the ecliptic, presently too far north to be occulted by the Moon. The last lunar occultation visible from ...
Punarvasu is the birth nakshatra of Lord Rama: “On completion of the ritual, six seasons have passed by and then in the twelfth month, on the ninth day of Chaitra month [April–May,] when the presiding deity of ruling star of the day is Aditi, where the ruling star of day is Punarvasu (), the asterism is in the ascendant, and when five of the nine planets viz., Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn ...
Articles relating to Castor and Pollux, their cult, and their depictions.Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who raped Leda in the guise of a swan.
Nevertheless, the same author earlier states that Helen, Castor and Pollux were produced from a single egg. [30] Fabius Planciades Fulgentius also states that Helen, Castor and Pollux are born from the same egg. [31] Pseudo-Apollodorus states that Leda had intercourse with both Zeus and Tyndareus the night she conceived Helen. [32]
The colossal pair of marble "Horse Tamers"—often identified as Castor and Pollux—have stood since antiquity near the site of the Baths of Constantine on the Quirinal Hill, Rome. Napoleon 's agents wanted to include them among the classical booty removed from Rome after the 1797 Treaty of Tolentino , but they were too large to be buried or ...