Gemini in The History of Astronomy
In Meteorologica (1 343b30) Aristotle mentions that he observed Jupiter in conjunction with and then occulting a star in Gemini. This is the earliest known observation of this nature. A study published in 1990 suggests the star involved was 1 Geminorum and the event took place on 5 December 337 BC.
When William Herschel discovered Uranus on 13 March 1781 it was located near Eta Geminorum. In 1930 Clyde Tombaugh exposed a series of photographic plates centred on Delta Geminorum and discovered Pluto.
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