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| IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). Via Wikipedia. |
| Scorpius |
| The Scorpion |
| Origin | Ancient |
| Abbreviation | Sco |
| Genitive | Scorpii |
| Pronunciation | /ˈskɔːrpiəs/ genitive /ˈskɔːrpiaɪ/ |
| SCOR-pee-us |
| Location | Southern Hemisphere |
| Primary Star | Antares (α Scorpii) |
| Right Ascention 16h 29m Declination -26° 26' |
| Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.474h (28.4m) |
| Scorpius is the scorpion sent by Hera to kill Orion, the hunter who boasted that there was no beast that could kill him. The scorpion was crushed by Orion, but not before delivering a fatal sting. Hera placed the scorpion in the night sky as the constellation Scorpius. |
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