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4 unusual facts about Scorpius


10th Aerospace Defense Group

Overall ten white stars edged black placed in an inverted stylized pattern of the Scorpius constellation.

The ten stars placed in a Scorpius constellation formation over a scorpion alludes to a Greek mythological legend and is symbolic of deadly powers.

Dray Prescot series

The series is set on the fictional world of Kregen, a planet of the Antares star system in the constellation of Scorpio.

Yinglong

Porter (1996:44-45) interprets the tail of the terrestrial Yinglong, which "uses its tail to sketch on the land a map of channel-like formations whereby the floodwaters were allowed to drain", as the tail of the celestial dragon Scorpius, which is "situated precisely where the Milky Way splits into two branches".


Luiz Brasil

His early career included stints as guitarist with the rock group Scorpius (1970–1974), Zezé Motta (1978–1980), and the carnaval Trio elétrico of Armandinho.

Star lore

One example of star lore is the inventing of the story of Orion the Hunter and the Scorpius the Scorpion by the ancient Greeks.


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