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Scorpius is a zodiac constellation located in the Southern celestial hemisphere, where it sits near the center of the Milky Way, between Libra to the west and Sagittarius to the east. Scorpius is an ancient constellation whose recognition predates Greek culture; [ 1 ] it is one of the 48 constellations identified by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy ...
Scorpio (♏︎) (Ancient Greek: Σκορπιός, romanized: Skorpiós, Latin for "scorpion") is the eighth astrological sign in the zodiac, originating from the constellation of Scorpius. It spans 210–240° ecliptic longitude.
Flavius Scorpus also known as Scorpius (c. 68–95 AD) was a famous charioteer in Roman times who lived at the end of the 1st century AD.Scorpus rode for the Green faction during his lifetime and accumulated 2,048 victories.
The word scorpion originated in Middle English between 1175 and 1225 AD from Old French scorpion, [1] or from Italian scorpione, both derived from the Latin scorpio, equivalent to scorpius, [2] which is the romanization of the Greek σκορπίος – skorpíos, [3] with no native IE etymology (cfr.
Scorpius, a constellation often called Scorpio; The term Scorpio may also refer to: People. Eddie Morris, a member of the hip-hop group Grandmaster Flash and the ...
[citation needed] Different cultures identified different constellations, although a few of the more obvious patterns tend to appear in the constellations of multiple cultures, such as those of Orion and Scorpius. As anyone could arrange and name a grouping of stars there was no distinct difference between a constellation and an asterism.
Antares is the brightest and most evolved stellar member of the Scorpius–Centaurus association, the nearest OB association to the Sun. It is a member of the Upper Scorpius subgroup of the association, which contains thousands of stars with a mean age of 11 million years.
Scorpius , a fictional alien in the TV series Farscape; Scorpius, a fictional villain in the Power Rangers Lost Galaxy TV series; Scorpius, a fictional robot in the pinball video game Sonic Spinball "Scorpius", a song by band Midnight Juggernauts; Scorpius Malfoy, a fictional character from J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series