Little Dipper

Little Dipper

English

Little Dipper within the constellation Ursa Minor

Proper noun

Little Dipper

1. (astronomy) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Minor and includes the northern pole star Polaris.

Translations

bright circumpolar asterism

Finnish: Pikku-Otava (fi) Italian: Orsa minore f Malay: Gayung Kecil Persian: هفت‌اورنگ کهین‎ (haft-owrang-e-kehin) Polish: Mały Wóz m

Scottish Gaelic: An Dreagbhod m Serbo-Croatian: Мала кола f (Mala kola) Spanish: Osa Menor f Tagalog: Maliit na Tabo

See also

• Polaris
• Ursa Major
• Ursa Minor
• Big Dipper