Big Dipper
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Summary
Big Dipper is an asterism[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of asterism entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,272 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: heptad[3]
- Constellation: Ursa Major[4]
- Named after: saucepan[5], wagon[6], cart[7]
- Part of: Ursa Major[8], Purple Forbidden enclosure[9]
- Commons category: Big Dipper[10]
- Has part(s): Dubhe[11], Beta Ursae Majoris[12], Gamma Ursae Majoris[13], Delta Ursae Majoris[14], Alioth[15], Zeta Ursae Majoris A[16], Eta Ursae Majoris[17]
- Catalog code: GSC 08320-02046[18], 2MASS J16280553-4912399[19], 1RXS J162804.7-491150[20], Gaia DR2 5940660401490864256[21], TYC 8320-2046-1[22], 2U 1624-49[23], 3A 1624-490[24], 3U 1624-49[25], 4U 1624-49[26], 4U 1624-490[27], GPS 1625-490[28], PBC J1627.9-4911[29], Gaia DR1 5940660397160801152[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Big Dipper[31]
- Apparent magnitude: 11.8293[32], 9.80[33], 9.21[34], 9.011[35]
- Described by source: The American Cyclopædia[36]
- Topic has template: Q20691326[37]
- Different from: Ursa Major[38]
- Parallax: 0.7849 milliarcsecond[39]
- Radial velocity: -25.91 kilometre per second[40]
- Distance from Earth: 1274.05 parsec[41]
- Right ascension: 247.02304929842830 degree[42]
- Declination: -49.21111417526250 degree[43]
- Epoch: J2000.0[44]
- Declination component of proper motion: -4.372 milliarcsecond per year[45]
- Right ascension component of proper motion: 2.227 milliarcsecond per year[46]
Body
Influence
Things named for Big Dipper include Dipper Pines[47], a fictional human[48]; septentrional[49], an adjective[50]; and Otava[51], a publishing house[52], in Finland[53], founded in 1890[54], headquartered in Otava building[55].
Why It Matters
Big Dipper has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for it include Dipper Pines[47], a fictional human[48]; septentrional[49], an adjective[50]; and Otava[51], a publishing house[52], in Finland[53], founded in 1890[54], headquartered in Otava building[55].