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Pollux (astronomy), also Beta Geminorum, southernmost of the two stars in the zodiacal constellation Gemini, called the heavenly twins (see Zodiac). The other twin is Castor. Pollux is a star of the first magnitude and is 33 light-years away from the earth.



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