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Ursa Minor (Latin for 'Lesser Bear', contrasting with Ursa Major), also known as the Little Bear, is a constellation located in the far northern sky.As with the Great Bear, the tail of the Little Bear may also be seen as the handle of a ladle, hence the North American name, Little Dipper: seven stars with four in its bowl like its partner the Big Dipper.
Speleothems in Ursa Minor Cave. Ursa Minor Cave is part of Sequoia National Park, a naturally formed system of caves in California's Sierra Nevada. The cave was discovered in August 2006 by four cave explorers from the Cave Research Foundation who found a softball-sized hole on a cliff face in the mountains. After widening the hole to allow for ...
The episode opens in the Hitchhiker's offices on Ursa Minor Beta, with a receptionist claiming that Zarniwoop, the editor of the guide, is too busy to take a call because he is both in his office, and on an intergalactic cruise. It then moves to the bridge of a megafreighter that is due to land on Ursa Minor Beta.
Ursa Minor in Chinese astronomy; W. W Ursae Minoris; WD 1337+705; WISE 1506+7027; Z. Z Ursae Minoris; Zeta Ursae Minoris This page was last edited on 31 July 2023, at ...
Pi 2 Ursae Minoris, which is Latinized from π 2 UMi / π 2 Ursae Minoris, is a binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor.The pair have a combined apparent visual magnitude of 6.89, [2] which can be viewed with a pair of binoculars. [9]
RR Ursae Minoris, abbreviated RR UMi, is a binary star [13] system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It can be viewed with the naked eye, typically having an apparent visual magnitude of around 4.710. [10] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.1 mas [8] as seen from Earth's orbit, it is located 460 light years away.
Ursa Minor (little bear) is a constellation of stars. Ursa Minor may also refer to: Ursa Minor (cave), a cave in Sequoia National Park, discovered in August 2006; Ursa Minor (Third Eye Blind album) Ursa Minor (Nana Grizol album), 2017
Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory.Its Latin name means "greater (or larger) bear", referring to and contrasting it with nearby Ursa Minor, the lesser bear. [1]