Ursa Minor

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The constellation Ursa Minor

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From Latin ursa minor ((the) lesser bear).

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Ursa Minor

  1. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism of the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris, as well as Kochab.

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