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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
"Castor" means "[[:Wikipedia:Beaver|beaver]]" in [[Latin]].
*"Castor" means "[[Wikipedia:Beaver|beaver]]" in [[Latin]].
 
*In [[List of references to Greek mythology in the Halo series|Greek mythology]], [[Wikipedia:Castor and Pollux|Castor]] was the [[Wikipedia:Superfecundation|twin half-brother]] of [[Wikipedia:Castor and Pollux|Pollux]], both sons of [[Wikipedia:Leda (mythology)|Leda]]. Castor was mortal and conceived by Leda and [[Wikipedia:Tyndareus|Tyndareus]], a [[Wikipedia:Sparta|Spartan]] king. His brother, Pollux, was divine and conceived by Leda and [[Wikipedia:Zeus|Zeus]].
In Greek mythology, Castor was the twin brother of Pollux, both were the twin sons of Leda and Zeus the Greek counterpart to Jupiter.
 
Whilst The star Castor is in the same constellation as Pollux, they are both still far away from each other with Pollux being 33 Light years away from Earth and Castor being 51 light years away.


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