Cepheus
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Astronomy. a northern circumpolar constellation between Cassiopeia and Draco.
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Classical Mythology. Also an Ethiopian king, the husband of Cassiopeia and father of Andromeda.
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Origin of Cepheus
from Latin Cēpheus named after the mythical king
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Holland's partner in real life, Zendaya, plays the goddess Athena in the mythological movie, which also features Himesh Patel as Eurylochus, Mia Goth as Melantho and Jimmy Gonzales as Cepheus.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Rigetti plans to enhance its Cepheus system to achieve a median 99.5% two-qubit gate fidelity later this year.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
Cantor analyst Troy Jensen noted Thursday that the company had made the technical progress needed to deploy its Cepheus system by the end of March.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
King Cepheus, Cassiopeia’s beleaguered husband, consulted the oracle, who told him that he must sacrifice his beautiful daughter Andromeda to the monster.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
His lance was aimed, when Cepheus ran and said; 'Hold, brother, hold, what brutal rage has made Your frantic mind so black a crime conceive?
From Heathen Mythology by Various
The sun rotates once a month, but Walker thought Gamma Cephei was a giant star, which could be rotating much more slowly.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 12, 2019
Despite this obstacle, by 1988 he had detected the signal of a Jupiter-mass planet that circles around a star named Gamma Cephei every 2.7 years.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 12, 2019
The curve in Figure 19.9 represents a simplified version of the light curve of Delta Cephei.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
In the meantime, Goodricke had discovered two other stars that varied regularly, Beta Lyrae and Delta Cephei, both of which continued to interest astronomers for years to come.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
In addition to the apparent velocity caused by contraction and expansion of its surface five times a day, Beta Cephei seems to have another motion.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 by Bates, Harry
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