Gemini

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Gemini is a prominent zodiac constellation in the northern sky, best known for its twin stars Castor and Pollux.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gemini canonical 21

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation
giant star
meteor shower
open cluster
planetary nebula
planetary nebula
star
star system
zodiac constellation
borderedBy Auriga
Cancer
Canis Minor
Lynx
Monoceros
Orion
Taurus
containsDeepSkyObject Eskimo Nebula
Medusa Nebula
containsMeteorShower Geminids
containsStarCluster M35
hasArea 514 square degrees
hasBayerDesignation Alpha Geminorum
Alpha Geminorum
Beta Geminorum
Beta Geminorum
hasDeclination +20°
hasGenitiveForm Geminorum
hasIAUAbbreviation Gem
hasMainStar Castor
Pollux (star)
surface form: Pollux
hasMythologicalAssociation Dioskouroi
surface form: Castor and Pollux
hasMythologyOrigin Greek mythology
hasQuadrant NQ2
hasRightAscension 07h
isBrightestStarOf Gemini self-linksurface differs
isSecondBrightestStarOf Gemini self-linksurface differs
listedBy Claudius Ptolemaeus
surface form: Ptolemy
locatedIn northern celestial hemisphere
locatedInConstellation Gemini self-linksurface differs
Gemini self-linksurface differs
Gemini self-linksurface differs
numberOfMainStars 8
numberOfMessierObjects 1
numberOfStarsWithPlanets 12
partOf zodiac
radiantIn Gemini self-linksurface differs
rankByArea 30
symbolizes the Twins
visibleBestIn February
visibleBetweenLatitudes +90° to −60°

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orion borderedBy Gemini
constellation Cancer borderedBy Gemini
subject surface form: Cancer
album: Sound & Color hasPart Gemini
subject surface form: Sound & Color
Zodiac hasPart Gemini
Gemini isBrightestStarOf Gemini self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Pollux
Gemini isSecondBrightestStarOf Gemini self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Castor
Gemini radiantIn Gemini self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Geminids
Gemini locatedInConstellation Gemini self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Eskimo Nebula
Gemini locatedInConstellation Gemini self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Medusa Nebula
Gemini locatedInConstellation Gemini self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: M35
Monoceros borders Gemini
Canis Minor borderedBy Gemini
zodiac of Dendera featuresConstellation Gemini
subject surface form: Zodiac of Dendera