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Pollux

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Pollux

Brightest star in the constellation Gemini, the Twins, and the 17th-brightest star in the night sky. Pollux is a yellow star with a true luminosity 45 times that of the Sun. It is 36 light years away from the Sun.

The first-magnitude Pollux and the second-magnitude Castor (Alpha Geminorum) mark the heads of the twins. It is thought that the two stars may have changed their relative brightness since Bayer named them, as Alpha is usually assigned to the brightest star in a constellation.

Pollux

In Greek mythology, the twin brother of Castor (see Castor and Pollux).



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I see, moreover, many other Achaeans whose names I could tell you, but there are two whom I can nowhere find, Castor, breaker of horses, and Pollux the mighty boxer; they are children of my mother, and own brothers to myself.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
In fact, those four names - D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis - were venerated among all who wore a sword; as, in antiquity, the names of Hercules, Theseus, Castor, and Pollux were venerated.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
And I saw Leda the wife of Tyndarus, who bore him two famous sons, Castor breaker of horses, and Pollux the mighty boxer.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
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