making it the closest red giant (and giant star) to the Sun. Since 1943, the spectrum of this star has served as one of the stable anchor points by which other stars are classified. In 2006, an exoplanet (designated Pollux b or ? Geminorum b, later named Thestias) was announced to be orbiting it.

Nomenclature

? Geminorum (Latinised

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