IGemini ingenye yezinkanyezi zezinkanyezi futhi ingeyezinkanyezi zesimanje ezingama-88.
Ngokwenkanyezi eshisayo ilanga lidlula eGemini lisuka Meyi 22 kuya kuJuni 20 ngenkathi ekufundweni kwezinkanyezi okuhamba eceleni kuhamba phakathi kukaJuni 16 noJulayi 15. Ngokwezinkanyezi, lokhu kuhlotshaniswa ne- iplanethi iMercury .
Igama le-Gemini constellation livela esiLatini lamawele. Le nkanyezi ilala phakathi I-Taurus entshonalanga futhi Umdlavuza empumalanga. IGemini ingabonwa ebusuku ngoJanuwari nangoFebhuwari, ngemuva nje kokushona kwelanga ngo-Ephreli nangoMeyi bese kuba maphakathi noAgasti emkhathizwe osempumalanga ekuseni ngaphambi kokuphuma kwelanga.
Ubukhulu: Ama-degree ayi-514 ayizikwele. Kuchazwe uPtolemy.
Ukukhanya: Impela i-constellation enezinkanyezi ezi-4 ezikhanya ngaphezu kobukhulu 3.
Umlando: Le nkanyezi kuthiwa imele amawele angamawele UCastor noPollux abavela ezinganekwaneni zamaGrikhi. Esinye isithombe kungaba ngesika-Apollo noHercules.
Izinkanyezi: Kunezinkanyezi ezimbili eziqhakazile, ezibizwa ngeCastor nePollux ezisondelene kakhulu. Iwele ukusuka kwesokudla ngaphezulu yiCastor kuthi iwele kwesokunxele ngezansi yiPollux. Ngayinye yalezi zinkanyezi iqanjwa ezinye izinkanyezi ezibandakanya i-alpha Gem ne-beta Gem. Sekukonke, le nkanyezi inezinkanyezi ezingaba ngu-85 ezibonakala ngamehlo.
Imithala: Kunezinto ezimbalwa zesibhakabhaka ezijulile ezifana ne-Eskimo Nebula, iMedusa Nebula neGeminga. Izimbili zokuqala zingama-nebulae weplanethi ngenkathi uGeminga eyinkanyezi ye-neutron.
Izihlambi zemeteor: Kukhona amaGeminids ayenzeka ngoDisemba ngenani eliphakeme ngoDisemba 13, 14. Lingafinyelela kuma-meteor afinyelela ku-100 ngehora, ngakho-ke libalwa njengelinye lamashawa wemeteor acebe kakhulu.
uphawu lwezinkanyezi lwango-Septhemba 23
