ARIES AND CANCER

By Nicolas Bobish, Tyler Cox, Jesse Groves, and Chris Thomas

Aries in Mythology

Latin for “ram”. It represents the golden ram that

rescued Phirxos, taking him to the land of Colchis. Phrixos later sacrificed the ram and hung its skin in a temple, now known as the Golden Fleece.

Not a very cool story, but it had its funny moments (sacrificed by the dude you saved, really?) 3/10.

Aries In Astronomy

Located between Pisces and Taurus. Discovered by Ptolemy. Very few deep sky objects. Not many bright stars.

Cancer In Mythology

Cancer is a giant crab sent by the goddess Hera to distract him during his fight with the Lernaean Hydra.

Cancer tried to kill Hercules, but Hercules kicked Cancer so hard that cancer was sent into the sky.

Another account is that Cancer grabbed Hercules toe, and Hercules curb stomped him for it.

Cancer was sent to the sky for helping Hera.

Cancer In Astronomy

Cancer is small and its stars are faint. It lies between Gemini to the west and Leo to the east, Lynx to the north and Canis Minor and Hydra to the south.

55 Cancri is a planet system with four gas giants and one terrestrial planet.

Works Cited

^ Babylonian Star-lore by Gavin White, Solaria Pubs, 2008, pages 79-82 ^

http://www.polyland.lib.calpoly.edu/legacies/dbsmith/dbsmithsite/519Stu98/StarTut/hercules.html

^ http://www.dibonsmith.com/cnc_con.htm Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, by Richard Hinckley Allen, Dover.

ISBN 0-486-21079-0 Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion (2007). Stars and Planets Guide, Collins,

London. ISBN 978-0007251209. Princeton University Press, Princeton. ISBN 978-0691135564.

Dictionary of Symbols, by Carl G. Liungman, W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-31236-4

^ Babylonian Star-lore by Gavin White, Solaria Pubs, page 128 ^ John H. Rogers, "Origins of the ancient contellations

: I. The Mesopotamian traditions", Journal of the British Astronomical Association 108 (1998) 9–28

^ "Astronomica", chapter 20, Hyginus, translation by Mary Grant

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