there are two brightest stars alpha Gem Castor, and beta Gem Pollux in the sky at night and since both stars are both very illuminating at night and almost no difference in their appearance and brightness, they sometimes mistaken as one. Gem Castor and Gem Pollux are not so practical names and complicated to remember. to shorten the names it becames GEMiNI which mean according to Greek origin, and its meaning is "twin".Why is the constellation Gemini named that?
"Gemini" means "the twins", which is a mythological reference to the following:
"The names of the two brightest stars of this constellation, Castor and Pollux, can be found in the greek mythology:
One day Zeus seduced Leda, the wife of the King of Sparta, Tyndareos. To get Leda Zeus changed himself to a swan. Leda became pregant and gave birth to the twins Pollux and Castor and to a girl named Helena. This was the same Helena who was robbed by Paris and brought to Troja; this was the reason for the start of the trojanian war."Why is the constellation Gemini named that?You didn't look too hard did you, wouldn't want to make your fingers bleed or your brain hurt.
Here, let me help you...
1) www.google.com
2) type in gemini constellation history
3) hit enter
4) oh look, wikipedia has an entry...
5) click the wikipedia link.
6) read....
Hope that wasn't too hard on your poor brain.Why is the constellation Gemini named that?
the words Gemini means twins in Latin and the constellation looked like two twin people in the sky. or something like that....Why is the constellation Gemini named that?there are two giant star from up above.. they most likely the same brilliants.. so they are named the gemini meaning the twins in greek mhyth
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