Ursa Minor

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5098. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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(the Little Bear; abbrev. UMi, gen. Ursae Minoris; area 256 sq. deg.) a northern circumpolar constellation which is surrounded on three sides by Draco and includes the north celestial pole. Its origin is uncertain, though it was known to the ancient Greeks, who identified it with Ida, a Cretan nymph who helped her sister, Adrasteia, raise the infant Zeus and whom in gratitude Zeus placed among th...

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