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Castor , bright star in the constellation Gemini ; Bayer designation a Geminorum; 1992 position R.A. 7 h 34.1 m , Dec. +31°54'. Slightly dimmer than Pollux , with which it forms the Twins, Castor has an apparent magnitude of 1.58, which still makes it one of the 25 brightest stars in the sky. Castor is actually a six-star system, being a visual triple each component of which is a binary star ; the three components are an eclipsing binary and a pair of spectroscopic binaries. The two brightest components are white, main-sequence stars of spectral classes ... Read more

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castor 1 beaver, unctuous substance obtained from the beaver (used as a drug). XIV. — (O)F. or L. castor — Gr. kástōr . The history of the use of castor oil (XVIII) for the pale-yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the plant Ricinus communis is obscure. Read more

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Castor The star Alpha Geminorum, which appears to the naked eye...actually a complex multiple star. A small telescope divides Castor into two stars of magnitudes 1.9 and 2.9, both A-type dwarfs...a spectroscopic binary. There is a third star, known as Castor C or YY Geminorum, an eclipsing pair of M1 dwarfs ... Read more

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	Castor Oil Impacted by Exports; Outlook to be Driven by Demand.(Brief Article) ; CASTOR OIL PRICES declined sharply in the second half of last...further contributed to a more uncertain market. Prices of castor oil sharply declined in the latter half of 2000 as imports...China as buyers, according to some Indian exporters of castor oil. Farmers from both Brazil and China decided to ... Read more
	Castor oil price sees upward movement on tight Indian supply. (Oils, Fats & Waxes). ; THE CASTOR oil market is feeling the pressure of rising Indian castor oil prices. Spot prices for Indian castor oil have risen dramatically for the past few weeks triggered by reported tight supply outlook for 2003. Trade estimates from India put... Read more
	Castor Oil Market Shows Effect of Reduced Harvest ; CASTOR SEED CONTINUES to flow into crushing facilities without complication, but a reduced Indian crop and a flurry of oil sale defaults have conspired to firm up prices of castor oil and derivatives. Castor oil sells at $740 per ton f.o.b. India, up $60 from four months ago. The price of castor oil ... Read more
	Lower supply, strengthening demand pressure castor oil and derivatives prices. (Markets: Oils, Fats & Waxes).(Statistical Data Included) ; THE US CASTOR OIL market is sensing a change in price direction after seeing crude castor oil prices bottoming out at a historically low...year of weak prices, producers and consumers of castor oil and castor oil derivatives are expecting... Read more
	Oil-modified alkyd type resin based on secondary esters of castor oil. ; INTRODUCTION Castor oil consists largely of glycerides of...addition to an olefinic linkage, gives castor oil many reaction possibilities.\|1,2...manufacture of nondrying alkyd resin, castor oil is esterified with phthalic anhydride... Read more
	Castor Oil Prices Moving Up As Supplies Turn Critically Tight. ; AN UNUSUALLY VOLATILE castor oil market is going through a major...supplies virtually all of the world's castor oil. Within the past month, the oil...which is normally used for loading castor vessels, is very badly damaged and requires... Read more
	2S Albumin Gene Expression in Castor Plant (Ricinus communis L.) ; ABSTRACT: In the castor plant (Ricinus communis L.), 2S albumins...detrimental to the reintroduction of castor as a U.S. crop. Others have shown that...processed from a precursor protein in castor. Little is known about the expression... Read more
	Castor Oil Prices Moving Up As Supplies Turn Critically Tight ; AN UNUSUALLY VOLATILE castor oil market is going through a major...supplies virtually all of the world's castor oil. Within the past month, the oil...which is normally used for loading castor vessels, is very badly damaged and requires... Read more
	Castor Oil Appears Less Volatile; Its Outlook Remains Uncertain.(Brief Article) ; THE PREVIOUSLY volatile castor oil market has calmed down, but the...monsoon rains for the 1999-2000 Indian castor crop started off adequately in June...enough to yield 1 million metric tons of castor seed. However, the drought reduced industry... Read more
	FERTILE MIND ; Sight of castor plant can cure what ails you ; Towering castor bean plants growing on either side of...as big as a Frisbee when fully mature. Castor beans have been called one of the fastest...over and trespass to get a closer look. Castor beans are monoecious, with male and female... Read more

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