Ursa Minor (redirected from The Little Dipper)

Ursa Minor

n.

A constellation having the shape of a ladle with Polaris at the tip of its handle. Also called Little Bear.

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[From Late Latin minor Ursa : minor, lesser + ursa, bear.]

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Ursa Minor [ˈɜːsə ˈmaɪnə]

n Latin genitive Ursae Minoris [ˈɜːsiː mɪˈnɔːrɪs]

(Astronomy) a small faint constellation, the brightest star of which is the Pole Star, lying 1° from the true celestial pole Also called the Little Bear the Bear (US and Canadian) the Little Dipper

[Latin: lesser bear]

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Ursa Minor

A ladle-shaped constellation very near the north celestial pole. Ursa Minor (the Lesser Bear) contains the seven stars that form the Little Dipper. Polaris, the North Star, is at the end of the dipper's handle.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Ursa Minor - a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star Little Bear Little Dipper, Dipper - a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris North Star, polar star, Polaris, pole star, polestar - the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it

Translations

Ursa Minor [ˈɜːsəˈmaɪnəʳ] N → Osa f Menor

Ursa Minor

n → Kleiner Bär or Wagen