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==Star Name==
 
==Star Name==
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The name Pollux is based on the twins Pollux and Castor of [[Greek mythology]], who were the twin sons of [[Zeus]] and Leda.  The original name in classical [[Greece]] for Pollux was Πολυδευκής or ''Polydeuces''.  [[Ptolemy]] though like to refer to the star using the word ὑπόκιρρος, which described the star as "yellowish" or "reddish", and not as a formal name.  In [[Arabic]], the star is called الرأس التؤام المؤخر or ''Al-Ras al-Tau'am al-Mu'akhar'', meaning "The Head of the Second Twin".<ref>http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Gemini*.html</ref>
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The name Pollux is based on the twins Pollux and Castor of [[Greek mythology]], who were the twin sons of [[Zeus]] and Leda.  The original name in classical [[Greece]] for Pollux was Πολυδευκής or ''Polydeuces''.  [[Ptolemy]] though liked to refer to the star using the word ὑπόκιρρος, which described the star as "yellowish" or "reddish", and not as a formal name.  In [[Arabic]], the star is called الرأس التؤام المؤخر or ''Al-Ras al-Tau'am al-Mu'akhar'', meaning "The Head of the Second Twin".<ref>http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Gemini*.html</ref>
    
==The Star==
 
==The Star==
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