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].