The Story Of Orion's Belt

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Orion’s belt is one of the famous constellations in our galaxy. There are 3 stars that form the belt, their names are: Mintaka, Alnilam, Alnitak, which comes from Arabic. In the myth, Hera, the wife of Zeus sent a scorpion to kill Orion. The belt is a system of stars that have sibling stars that orbit around it. Each star is potentially bright.
The star Mintaka is super-giant star that is 1,000 light- years away. The star is also 10,000 times brighter than our son. With it being the western most star of the belt, it is 60,000 degrees Celsius.
The star Alnilam, the middle star, is also a super- giant. As close as it seems, it is actually 1,000 light years away from Earth. It has the coolest temperature of these three stars, that makeup Orion’s belt. With the temperature of 50,000 Celsius, it is 18,000 times brighter than the sun.
The star Alnitak, the last star is dimmer than the rest. It is the exact same mass and surface temperature as the star Mintaka. It is 7,000 times brighter than the sun. This star is only 900 light-years away from Earth.
The myth of how the constellation got into the space is something we will never know. Some Greeks heard legends and stories of Orion, but there was no such thing. In some legends he is seen fighting Taurus, the bull. The star Aldebaran, is the eye of the bull.
During the night, many individuals say that the stars can be seen around 8:30p.m. - 9:00 p.m. The star Alnitak is a hot blue super giant, it cannot be seen by the human eye, because of the immense amounts of ultra violet radiation.
In other myths Orion was said to be put in the sky by the goddess, Artemis, after she was tricked into killing him. When he fought the scorpion, he realized his weapons and strengt...

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... was associated with the constellation with Aqhat, a famous mythical hunter. The war goddess Anat fell in love with him, but after he refused to lend her his bow, she tried to steal it. However, the man she sent to get the bow messed up the assignment pretty badly, killing Anat and dropping the bow into the sea. This is why, according to the myth the constellation drops below the horizon for two months in the spring.
Another amazing site which has a direct connection to the Orion constellation is located in northeastern Arizona. Here the Native American Hopi tribe has called these peaks of the Colorado plateau home for more than 1,000 years. High above the Arizona desert, their reservation, encompassing more than 1.5 million acres, consists of 12 villages. According to research both the Hopi landscape and the tribe’s myth are centered just like Orion.

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