Ursa+Major

  • 41Ursa Minor — Ursa Ur sa, n. [L. ursa a she bear, also, a constellation, fem. of ursus a bear. Cf. {Arctic}.] (Astron.) Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below. [1913 Webster] {Ursa Major} [L.], the Great Bear, one of the most conspicuous of the… …

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  • 42Ursa — /ûrˈsə/ noun The Latin name of two constellations, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, the Great and the Little Bear ORIGIN: L ursus, ursa bear • • • urˈsine adjective 1. Of a bear 2. Bearlike Urˈsus noun The bear genus …

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  • 43Ursa Minor — Ursa Mi|nor a group of stars in the northern sky, close to Ursa Major, which can easily be seen from Earth, and which includes the ↑Pole Star. It is also called the Little Bear or (in the US) the Little Dipper …

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  • 44Ursa Minor — Infobox Constellation name =Ursa minor abbreviation = UMi genitive = Ursae Minoris symbology = The Little Bear RA = 15 dec= +75 areatotal = 256 arearank = 56th numbermainstars = 7 numberbfstars = 23 numberstarsplanets = 1 numberbrightstars = 2… …

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  • 45Ursa Maior — Daten des Sternbildes Großer Bär Deutscher Name Großer Bär, Großer Wagen Lateinischer Name Ursa Maior Lateinischer Genitiv Ursae Maioris Lateinische Abkürzung UMa Rektaszension 8 h 08m bis 14h 29m …

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  • 46Ursa maior — Daten des Sternbildes Großer Bär Deutscher Name Großer Bär, Großer Wagen Lateinischer Name Ursa Maior Lateinischer Genitiv Ursae Maioris Lateinische Abkürzung UMa Rektaszension 8 h 08m bis 14h 29m …

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  • 47Ursa Minor Dwarf — Infobox Galaxy caption = Ursa Minor Dwarf on DSS2, 0.6° view name = Ursa Minor Dwarf epoch = J2000 type = Ecite web title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database work=Results for Ursa Minor Dwarf url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ accessdate=2006 11 29 …

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  • 48Ursa Minor — Bear Bear (b[^a]r), n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer, OHG. bero, pero, G. b[ a]r, Icel. & Sw. bj[ o]rn, and possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. fh r beast, Skr. bhalla bear.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any species of the genus {Ursus},… …

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  • 49Ursa constellation — There are two Bear constellations:* Ursa Major constellation the Great Bear , contains the Big Dipper * Ursa Minor constellation the Small Bear , contains the Little Dipper …

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  • 50Ursa — Ursa, (lat), Bärin; U. major, U. minor, s. Bär (Astron.) a) u. b) …

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