Definition of Big Bear
the Big Bear
astronomy
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You need to see a lot of other faint stars to piece together the (surprisingly realistic) profile of the Big Bear, and the Little Bear is just a box with a long tail no matter how you look at it.— Alan M. MacRobert
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“Big Bear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Big%20Bear. Accessed 27 Jun. 2022.
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The first known use of Big Bear was in 1864
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