Gemini
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Summary
Gemini is a constellation[1]. Gemini ranks in the top 4% of constellation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,127 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: zodiacal constellation[3]
- Shares border with: Lynx[4], Auriga[5], Taurus[6], Orion[7], Monoceros[8], Canis Minor[9], Cancer[10]
- Named after: Castor and Pollux[11], Lugal-Irra and Meslamta-ea[12]
- Part of: Northern celestial hemisphere[13]
- Commons category: Gemini (constellation)[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gemini (constellation)[15]
- Notation: ♊[16]
- Commons gallery: Gemini[17]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Gemini[20], Star Lore of All Ages[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[24]
- Topic has template: Template:Stars of Gemini[25]
- Official name: Gemini[26]
- Short name: Gem[27]
- Different from: Gemini[28]
- Area: 514[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[30]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Constellations[31], WikiProject Astronomy[32], WikiProject Mythology[33]
- P14541: 3MPFGP[34]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Gemini include Gemini[35], a family of large language models[36], founded in 2023[37]; Project Gemini[38], a human spaceflight program[39], in United States[40]; Gemini Home Entertainment[41], a web series[42], written by Remy Abode[43]; Zwilling J. A. Henckels[44], a business[45], in Germany[46], founded in 1731[47], headquartered in Solingen[48]; Gemini Observatory[49], an astronomical observatory[50], founded in 1999[51], headquartered in Hilo[52]; Gemini Nunatak[53], a nunatak[54]; and Gemini Nunataks[55], a nunatak[56].
Why It Matters
Gemini has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Gemini is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Entities named for Gemini include Gemini[35], a family of large language models[36], founded in 2023[37]; Project Gemini[38], a human spaceflight program[39], in United States[40]; Gemini Home Entertainment[41], a web series[42], written by Remy Abode[43]; Zwilling J. A. Henckels[44], a business[45], in Germany[46], founded in 1731[47], headquartered in Solingen[48]; Gemini Observatory[49], an astronomical observatory[50], founded in 1999[51], headquartered in Hilo[52]; and Gemini Nunatak[53], a nunatak[54].