Gamma Ursae Minoris (redirect from Pherkad)
Ursae Minoris (γ Ursae Minoris, abbreviated Gamma UMi, γ UMi), also named Pherkad /ˈfɜːrkæd/, is a star in the northern constellation of Ursa Minor. Together...
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In Inuit astronomy, the three brightest stars — Polaris, Kochab, and Pherkad — were known as Nuutuittut ("never moving"), though the term is more frequently...
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around 1700 BC until just after 300 AD, Kochab (Beta Ursae Minoris) and Pherkad (Gamma Ursae Minoris) were twin northern pole stars, though neither was...
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11 Ursae Minoris (redirect from Pherkad Minor)
Ursae Minoris is sometimes named Pherkard or Pherkad Minor, the later name to distinguish it from Pherkad (Major) which is γ Ursae Minoris. It has also...
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the middle of the handle of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major), and later with Pherkad (in Ursa Minor). In fact, around the year 2467 BCE, the true north was...
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Preceded by Kochab & Pherkad Pole star 500–3000 Succeeded by Gamma Cephei...
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traditional names are Phekda or Phad. /ˈfɛkdə/ Ursa Minor γ Ursae Minoris Pherkad /ˈfɜːrkæd/ Aquila HD 192263 Phoenicia IAU new 2019 Lebanese proposal; named...
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(al-)Fākhitah the Dove فاخثة Alpha Columbae Phad (al-)Fakhidh the Thigh فخذ Gamma Ursae Majoris Pherkad (al-)Farqad the Calf فرقد Gamma Ursae Minoris...
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6 7 8 9 Note 北極 (Běi Jí, North Pole) 太子 (Tài Zǐ, Crown Prince) γ UMi (Pherkad) 帝 (Dì, Emperor) β UMi (Kochab) 庶子 (Shù Zǐ, Son of Concubine) 5 UMi 後宮...
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137422 75097 15h 20m 43.75s +71° 50′ 02.3″ 3.04 −2.84 480 A3II-III Pherkad, Pherkad Major; δ Sct variable, ΔV = 0.05m, P = 0.143009 d ε UMi ε 22 153751...
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