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Taurus (Bull, Tau)
subject			fact

Taurus	is a part of Zodiac
	has historical image
	has genitive Tauri
	has synonym Bull
	has historical origin beast hunted by Orion, also Zeus in a disguise used to elope with Europa
	has acronym Tau
	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	has boundary defined in equatorial coordinates
	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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