Ursa Major

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ursa maior (greater bear).

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Ursa Major

  1. (astronomy) A large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism the Big Dipper and the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.

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