Cancer came about when someone wanted Hercules dead and theys sent him to slice his heel tendon and he fell and couldn't walk for the rest of his life until he died. They were so glad about the downfall of Hercules that they killed cancer, ate him, and sent him to the heavens
The Greeks called the constellation Karkinos and the origin of the name cancer comes from a Latinized version of the word Carcinus, meaning crab, that appears on the Alfonsine tables.
The constellation closest to Leo is Cancer. Cancer is located to the west of Leo in the night sky.
If you mean the constellation cancer, there is no such thing as a "distance to a constellation". It just doesn't make sense. A constellation is basically a general direction in space.
Cancer is usually represented as a crab in the constellation. The arrangement of stars form a pattern that resembles a crab, fitting the name of the constellation.
The constellation Cancer has been known since ancient times, with its first recorded observations dating back to the Babylonians in the 2nd millennium BCE. Its name is derived from the Latin word for crab and it is one of the 12 zodiac constellations.
The Greeks called the constellation Karkinos and the origin of the name cancer comes from a Latinized version of the word Carcinus, meaning crab, that appears on the Alfonsine tables.
The constellation closest to Leo is Cancer. Cancer is located to the west of Leo in the night sky.
it is a star of a crab that reprsents cancer
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If you mean the constellation cancer, there is no such thing as a "distance to a constellation". It just doesn't make sense. A constellation is basically a general direction in space.
Aside from Cancer being the dimmest zodiacal constellation, the planet Mars is in Cancer (as of 4/21/10)
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cause it is
5 stars are there in cancer
Cancer.
"The Crab"
It is Cancer.