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Zeta Geminorum is the most distant of the bright stars in this constellation, at over 1200 light years. This is a cepheid variable (see below).
MEKBUDA (Zeta Geminorum). More widely known as the Zeta star in Gemini (Zeta Geminorum), the Arabic name Mekbuda refers to "lion's paw," a larger Arabic figure that overlaid our constellations, ...
Pollux's pelvis is represented by star delta Geminorum, Pollux's right knee by zeta Geminorum, Pollux's right foot by gamma Geminorum, Pollux's left knee by lambda Geminorum, and Pollux's left foot by xi Geminorum.
 See also: Period, Cepheid, Magnitude, Cepheid Variable, Light Year
  
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