Pollux facts for kids

Pollux may refer to:

People

• Julius Pollux, also known as Ioulios Poludeukes (2nd century A.D), a Greek rhetorician
• Pollux (mythology) or Polydeuces, one of the Dioscuri and twin brother of Castor

Astronomy

• Pollux (star), (β Geminorum)
• Pollux, a crater on the Saturnian moon Epimetheus

Games

• Pollux (arcade game), an arcade game manufactured by Dooyong in 1991
• Pollux Gamelabs, a Danish game development company.
• The Pollux Engine, a game engine developed by Square-Enix for easy porting between the Wii and Nintendo DS systems, used in both versions of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time

Ships

• SS Pollux, the name of more than one ship
• USS Pollux, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
• MS Abel Tasman was known as Pollux in 1994-1995

Other uses

• EAS Pollux, a spaceship in the television series Babylon 5
• Kastor und Pollux, a complex of two towers in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Pollux, a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive of the South Devon Railway Eagle class
• Pollux (mountain), a mountain in the Pennine Alps, in Italy and Switzerland
• RTV-N-15 Pollux, an experimental pulsejet-powered research missile of the U.S. Navy

See also

In Spanish: Pólux para niños