How to Use Ursa Minor in a Sentence

Ursa Minor

noun

• Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, the bears of the sky, have quite a story.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 14 June 2026
• Then locate Ursa Minor to orient yourself.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2025
• Meanwhile, seven much dimmer stars make up the Little Dipper which is also known as Ursa Minor, or Little Bear.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 14 June 2026
• Polaris holds court at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper, otherwise known as Ursa Minor, the Little Bear.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
• Polaris is the brightest star in Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, and if the sky is dark and one is away from city lights the curve of the Little Dipper's handle is easier to see.
  — Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025
• Ursid meteors are sometimes called the Umids, in a rather unsuccessful attempt to make clear that their radiant is in Ursa Minor, not Ursa Major.
  — Joe Rao, Space.com, 14 Dec. 2025
• The Ursids originate from the bowl of the Little Dipper, also known as the Ursa Minor constellation, near the bright orange star called Kochab, Lunsford said.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
• Shooting stars associated with the shower will appear to originate from a patch of sky close to the bright star Kochab in the constellation Ursa Minor, which can be found above the northern horizon throughout December.
  — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 Dec. 2025
• From our point of view on Earth, the meteors will appear to radiate from near the Little Dipper in the constellation Ursa Minor, a pattern of stars in the northern sky that gives the Ursids their name.
  — Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
• Unlike Ursa Minor's Jeep Wrangler J30 pop-top, which rises highest at the rear but also lifts at the front, the Two Track is hinged at the rear, with all the lifting happening up front.
  — New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2025
• This means that the Ursid meteor shower is visible only from the Northern Hemisphere, where the radiant point near the star Kochab in the Ursa Minor constellation remains above the horizon throughout the night.
  — Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
• Somewhere between getting the Wrangler pop-tops rolling and introducing the X4-style micro-RV, Two Track also plans to bring a Ford Bronco pop-up sleeper roof to market, giving Ursa Minor a little competition in the Ford 4x4 camper space.
  — New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2025