TheUrsid meteor shower takes its name from its radiant point in the constellation Ursa Minor, home to the Little Dipper. Unlike larger meteor showers that boast hundreds of meteors per hour ...

From Earth's perspective, the Ursid meteor shower appears to originate from the direction of the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor), and the radiant will climb higher in the sky in the predawn hours.

The "shooting stars" produced by the Ursid meteor shower appear to come from the Ursa Minor constellation, best known as either the Little Bear or the Little Dipper. The Ursids will appear to come ...

The radiant point of the Ursids—where the “shooting stars” will appear to emanate in the night sky—is the constellation Ursa Minor. These stars wrap around Polaris, the North Star ...

This meteor shower is named for its radiant point, which is located near the star Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) in the constellation Ursa Minor. William F. Denning, who observed a meteor shower for ...

Its Latin name means "greater (or larger) bear", referring to and contrasting it with nearby Ursa Minor, the lesser bear. In antiquity, it was one of the original 48 constellations listed by ...

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