What Does Polydeuces Mean?

What Does Polydeuces Mean?

Polydeuces is a small moon with a mean radius of just 0.8 miles (1.3 kilometers) orbiting Saturn at a distance of about 234,000 miles (377,000 kilometers), taking 2.7 Earth days to go around the planet. ... Polydeuces is a trailing co-orbital of Dione, while the moon Helene is the leading co-orbital.

Is Castor a God?

Dioscuri, also called (in French) Castor and Polydeuces and (in Latin) Castor and Pollux, (Dioscuri from Greek Dioskouroi, “Sons of Zeus”), in Greek and Roman mythology, twin deities who succoured shipwrecked sailors and received sacrifices for favourable winds.

Is Pollux a God?

In mythology, Pollux and his brother Castor were the gods of sailing and horsemanship. The brothers would appear to sailors in the form of St. Elmo's Fire, which is an electrical discharge that resembles fire and could sometimes be seen on the mast of a ship before or after a storm.

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