Big Dipper
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Big Dipper
Summary
Big Dipper is an asterism[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of asterism entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,619 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Big Dipper's image is recorded as Big dipper from the kalalau lookout at the kokee state park in hawaii.jpg[3].
- Big Dipper's image is recorded as Big Dipper 20210116.jpg[4].
- Big Dipper's image is recorded as Ursa major 2025 04 01 27x540s iso640.jpg[5].
- Big Dipper's instance of is recorded as asterism[6].
- Big Dipper's instance of is recorded as heptad[7].
- Big Dipper's constellation is recorded as Ursa Major[8].
- saucepan is named after Big Dipper[9].
- wagon is named after Big Dipper[10].
- cart is named after Big Dipper[11].
- Big Dipper's part of is recorded as Ursa Major[12].
- Big Dipper's part of is recorded as Purple Forbidden enclosure[13].
- Big Dipper's Commons category is recorded as Big Dipper[14].
- Big Dipper's has part is recorded as Dubhe[15].
- Big Dipper's has part is recorded as Beta Ursae Majoris[16].
- Big Dipper's has part is recorded as Gamma Ursae Majoris[17].
- Big Dipper's has part is recorded as Delta Ursae Majoris[18].
- Big Dipper's has part is recorded as Alioth[19].
- Big Dipper's has part is recorded as Zeta Ursae Majoris A[20].
- Big Dipper's has part is recorded as Eta Ursae Majoris[21].
- Big Dipper's catalog code is recorded as GSC 08320-02046[22].
- Big Dipper's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J16280553-4912399[23].
- Big Dipper's catalog code is recorded as 1RXS J162804.7-491150[24].
- Big Dipper's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 5940660401490864256[25].
- Big Dipper's catalog code is recorded as TYC 8320-2046-1[26].
- Big Dipper's catalog code is recorded as 2U 1624-49[27].
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Big Dipper include Dipper Pines[28], a fictional human[29]; septentrional[30], an adjective[31]; and Otava[32], a publishing house[33], in Finland[34], founded in 1890[35], headquartered in Otava building[36].
Why It Matters
Big Dipper ranks in the top 4% of asterism entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,619 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]
Entities named for it include Dipper Pines[28], a fictional human[29]; septentrional[30], an adjective[31]; and Otava[32], a publishing house[33], in Finland[34], founded in 1890[35], headquartered in Otava building[36].