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Cancer (Crab, Cnc)
subject			fact

Cancer	is a part of Zodiac
	has historical image
	has genitive Cancri
	has boundary
	has synonym Crab
	has historical origin the crab sent by Hera to distract Hercules from his battle with the Hydra
	has acronym Cnc
	is an instance of zodiacal constellation
zodiacal constellation	has historical purpose to approximately represent the month in which the Sun occupies this constellation
	is a part of Zodiac
constellation	is a part of celestial sphere
	has component asterism
	has purpose to divide the celestial sphere into small visually recognizable star classification regions
equatorial sky area	is defined using equatorial coordinates
quantity	has unit
number	has value

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