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minus-square twinnie ( @twinnie@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglish8•3 days agoWhy do Americans call this the Big Dipper? What even is a dipper?
minus-square Neurologist ( @Neurologist@mander.xyz ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 days agoIt’s the cooking pot looking part of Ursa Major
minus-square fossilesque ( @fossilesque@mander.xyz ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish7•3 days agoA old timey ladle with a flat bottom.
minus-square abbadon420 ( @abbadon420@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 days agoIn the Netherlands we call this “the big bear”, which is an even more bullshit name, if you ask me.
minus-square blindsight ( @blindsight@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 days agoIt looks more like a ladle (“dipper”) than a bear (“Ursa major”) to me. Always made more sense to me. It’s a stretch to say a pair of quadrilaterals with sticks look like a bear family, imho.
Why do Americans call this the Big Dipper? What even is a dipper?
It’s the cooking pot looking part of Ursa Major
A old timey ladle with a flat bottom.
In the Netherlands we call this “the big bear”, which is an even more bullshit name, if you ask me.
It looks more like a ladle (“dipper”) than a bear (“Ursa major”) to me. Always made more sense to me.
It’s a stretch to say a pair of quadrilaterals with sticks look like a bear family, imho.
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