Ursa Major.
A big dipper is an alternative name for a roller coaster.
the big dipper is ursa major and i believe that would make the little dipper ursa minor
North American settlers introduced this name, and it is not used in many other countries. Actually the constellation includes more stars and is called the Great Bear or Ursa Major. That was started by the ancient Greeks.
The ancinet Greeks thought the Big Dipper looked like a big bear.
The "Drinking Gourd" is an alternate name of the Big Dipper, an asterism (star formation) in the northern sky. The dipper stars in the "bowl" of the Big Dipper point to Polaris, the pole star. Walking towards the pole star (following the Drinking Gourd) takes you northwards.
when was the big dipper named
A big dipper is an alternative name for a roller coaster.
Because it looks like a big dipper! :)
Photinus pyralis is the common name for the big dipper firefly.
the big dipper is ursa major and i believe that would make the little dipper ursa minor
yes its real name as a constellation is Ursa Major
because when he looked at the sky he saw the stars he connected the stars and he connected one and he called it big dipper because he was the first one to discover the big dipper.
Ursa Major
...the answer is... ...Ursa Major...
The Big Dipper is also known as the Plough or the Saptarishi in some cultures.
It looks like a big spoon or ladle for picking up soup or water: like a big dipper.
Mason (Revealed in Gravity Falls Journal number 3, in some sort of code.)