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Eric Nguyen
Paul Jones
 In Babylonian mythology. the stars
Castor and Pollux were known as the
Great Twins The Twins were regarded
as minor gods and were called
Meshlamtaea and Lugalirra, meaning
'The One who has arisen from the
Underworld' and the 'Mighty King'.
Both names came from Nergal, King
of the Underworld.
 In Greek mythology, Gemini was
associated with the myth of Castor
and Pollux, the children of Leda and
Argonauts. Pollux was the son of
Zeus, whohad a baby with Leda,
while Castor was the son of
Tyndareus, king of Sparta and Leda's
husband.] When Castor died,
because he was mortal, Pollux
begged his father Zeus to give Castor
immortality, and he did, by uniting
them together in the stars.
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Castor (52 LY away)
Mebusta (880 LY away)
Tejat (240 LY away)
Alhena (105 LY away)
Alzirr (58 LY away)
Mekbuda (115 LY away)
Wasat (60 LY away)
Pollux (34 LY away)
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemi
ni_constellation#Astrology
 www.space.com/16816-geminiconstellation.html