Gemini (jĕm`ənī, –nē) [Lat.,=the twins], northern constellation constellation, in common usage, group of stars that appear to form a configuration in the sky; properly speaking, a constellation is a definite region of the sky in which the configuration of stars is contained.
..... Click the link for more information. lying on the ecliptic ecliptic (ēklĭp`tĭk, ĭ–)
..... Click the link for more information. (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Taurus and Cancer, N of Canis Minor; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac zodiac (zō`dēăk) [Gr.
..... Click the link for more information. . Gemini is traditionally depicted as two men. The two brightest stars in Gemini, Castor Castor (kăs`tər), bright star in the constellation Gemini ; Bayer designation α Geminorum; 1992 position R.A. 7h34.
..... Click the link for more information. and Pollux Pollux, brightest star in the constellation Gemini ; Bayer designation Beta Geminorum; 1992 position R.A. 7h44.8m, Dec. +28°03'. An orange giant of spectral class K0 III, it is the nearest giant star, lying at a distance of 35 light-years.
..... Click the link for more information. (north of the bright star Procyon in Canis Minor), are two of the brightest stars in the sky and were identified by the Greeks with two children, in most accounts the twin sons of Zeus and Leda. The Egyptians identified the two stars with a pair of young goats. An annual meteor shower meteor shower, increase in the number of meteors observed in a particular part of the sky. The trails of the meteors of a meteor shower all appear to be traceable back to a single point in the sky, known as the radiant point, or radiant.
..... Click the link for more information. known as the Geminids appears to radiate from this constellation during the second week in December. Owing to the precession of the equinoxes precession of the equinoxes, westward motion of the equinoxes along the ecliptic . This motion was first noted by Hipparchus c.120 B.C. The precession is due to the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun on the equatorial bulge of the earth, which causes the
..... Click the link for more information. , the summer solstice now lies in Gemini, rather than in Cancer as it did 2,000 years ago. Gemini reaches its highest point in the evening sky in February.
(Latin: “Twins”) In astronomy, the constellation lying between Cancer and Taurus; in astrology, the third sign of the zodiac, governing approximately the period May 21–June 21. It is represented by a set of twins. The twins are most often identified as the mythological Castor and Pollux (Dioscuri), but have also been equated with other famous pairs such as Romulus and Remus.
Gemini
Gemini [′jem·ə‚nē]
..... Click the link for more information. lying on the ecliptic ecliptic (ēklĭp`tĭk, ĭ–)
..... Click the link for more information. (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Taurus and Cancer, N of Canis Minor; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac zodiac (zō`dēăk) [Gr.
..... Click the link for more information. . Gemini is traditionally depicted as two men. The two brightest stars in Gemini, Castor Castor (kăs`tər), bright star in the constellation Gemini ; Bayer designation α Geminorum; 1992 position R.A. 7h34.
..... Click the link for more information. and Pollux Pollux, brightest star in the constellation Gemini ; Bayer designation Beta Geminorum; 1992 position R.A. 7h44.8m, Dec. +28°03'. An orange giant of spectral class K0 III, it is the nearest giant star, lying at a distance of 35 light-years.
..... Click the link for more information. (north of the bright star Procyon in Canis Minor), are two of the brightest stars in the sky and were identified by the Greeks with two children, in most accounts the twin sons of Zeus and Leda. The Egyptians identified the two stars with a pair of young goats. An annual meteor shower meteor shower, increase in the number of meteors observed in a particular part of the sky. The trails of the meteors of a meteor shower all appear to be traceable back to a single point in the sky, known as the radiant point, or radiant.
..... Click the link for more information. known as the Geminids appears to radiate from this constellation during the second week in December. Owing to the precession of the equinoxes precession of the equinoxes, westward motion of the equinoxes along the ecliptic . This motion was first noted by Hipparchus c.120 B.C. The precession is due to the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun on the equatorial bulge of the earth, which causes the
..... Click the link for more information. , the summer solstice now lies in Gemini, rather than in Cancer as it did 2,000 years ago. Gemini reaches its highest point in the evening sky in February.
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Gemini, illumination from a Book of Hours, Italian, c. 1475; in the Pierpont Morgan Library, …
(credit: Courtesy of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, the Glazier Collection)
Gemini
Series of 12 two-person spacecraft launched into Earth orbit by the U.S. between 1964 and 1967, following the one-person Mercury program and before the three-person Apollo program. Designed to test astronauts' ability to maneuver spacecraft manually, the Gemini series helped develop techniques for orbital rendezvous and docking, procedures that were required later in the Apollo Moon-landing missions. It also gave NASA engineers a chance to improve spacecraft environmental control and electrical power systems.
Gemini
The code name for SCO UnixWare 7.
Gemini
1. Astronomy a zodiacal constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic and containing the stars Castor and Pollux
2. Classical myth another name for Castor and Pollux
3. Astrology
a. the third sign of the zodiac, symbol ♊, having a mutable air classification and ruled by the planet Mercury. The sun is in this sign between about May 21 and June 20
b. a person born when the sun is in this sign
4. Astrology born under or characteristic of Gemini
Gemini [′jem·ə‚nē]
(astronomy)
A northern constellation; right ascension 7 hours, declination 20°N. Also known as Twins.
Gemini (Castor and Pollux)
zodiacal twins; [Gk. Myth.: NCE, 1056]
See : Twins
Gemini
twins (May 21–June 20). [Astrology: Hall, 314]
See : Zodiac
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