Translation for 'Ursa Minor' from English to Icelandic

Ursa Minor

Litlibjörn {k}stjörnfr.

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Ursa Major

Stóribjörn {k}stjörnfr.

Karlsvagninn {k}stjörnfr.

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minor

óverulegur {adj}

minor role

aukahlutverk {hv}bíóm.leiklist

minor character

aukapersóna {kv}bíóm.bókm.leiklist

minor part

aukahlutverk {hv}bíóm.leiklist

minor subject

aukafag {hv}mennt.

aukagrein {kv}mennt.

minor matter

aukaatriði {hv}

minor point

aukaatriði {hv}

minor [Am.]

aukafag {hv}mennt.

aukagrein {kv}mennt.

minor offense

veigalítill {adj}

ávirðing {kv} [yfirsjón]

minor planet

reikistirni {hv}stjörnfr.

Canis Minor

Litlihundur {k}stjörnfr.

minor field of study

aukagrein {kv}mennt.

aukafag {hv}mennt.

Leo Minor <LMi> [constellation]

Litlaljón {hv}stjörnfr.

disabled / chronically ill minor

langveikt barn {hv}læknisfr.

• According to Korean ancestral culture, bears are known for their courage and wisdom, which is reflected by the existence of two sister constellations: Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
• From most of the Northern Hemisphere, Polaris (the North Star) and the other stars of the constellation Ursa Minor circles counterclockwise around the north celestial pole and remain visible at both culminations (as long as the sky is clear and dark enough).
• Some stars within the far northern constellation (such as Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Ursa Major, and Ursa Minor) roughly north of the Tropic of Cancer (23° 26′ N) will be circumpolar stars, which never rise or set.
• The Saint Ursula's Serviam badge is a field of seven stars representing The Little Bear Constellation, known as Ursa Minor.
• In the "Covert Affairs" episode "Speed of Life" (Season 3, Episode 4) the character Simon Fischer admits to Annie Walker that the tattoo on his upper left shoulder blade of Ursa Minor was inspired by John Keats's poem.

• HD 150706 is a 7th magnitude star in the constellation of Ursa Minor. It is a remarkably Sun-like yellow dwarf (spectral type G0V) being only 6% less massive than the Sun.
• This meteor shower is named for its radiant point, which is located near the star Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) in the constellation Ursa Minor.
• "Grįžulo Ratai" (also – "Grigo Ratai", "Perkūno Ratai", "Vežimas") (Ursa Major) was imagined as a carriage for the Sun which was travelling through the sky, "Mažieji Grįžulo Ratai" (Ursa Minor) – a carriage for the daughter of Sun.
• Thales also described the position of Ursa Minor, and he thought the constellation might be useful as a guide for navigation at sea.
• Their identity has not survived but based on calculations these are believed to have been α and κ in Draco and β in Ursa Minor.

• Caves are discovered every year in the park with the most recently discovered major cave being Ursa Minor in August 2006.
• In the Babylonian star catalogues, Ursa Minor was known as the "Wagon of Heaven" ([...] , also associated with the goddess Damkina).