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Ursa major

Great bear

Zeus affair with callisto

Hera jealous turns callisto into a bear Callisto = ursa major Callistos son hunt mom Tail is big dipper 3rd largest constellation circumpolar

Ursa major- Mongolia

youngest sister of the of the Pleiades fallen in love with boy name Mizar Mizar rises toward the flickering star who is the youngest sister of the Pleiades The brother remain in the sky as the star we known as today the big dipper. Mizar and his love She leave her 6 sister to join him.

That is why you only now see six stars in the Pleiades.

Ursa major- Chinese

Four star make up the bowl of the big dipper A young lad name K'uei. ( very ugly ) K'uei had won the metropolitan examinations Presented with a golden rose by the emperor His ugliness shock the emperor & drop the rose K'uei felt humiliated and disgrace, threw himself into the sea Save by a sea creature

Fly into the sky, There enthroned among the stars of the Bear.

Ursa minor

Little bear Known as the little dipper Circumpolar constellation Zeus had affair with callisto Hera turn callisto into a bear Arcas is callistos son Arcas = little bear Zeus turn Arcas into bear Zeus put both bear in the sky Most important last star in the tail Held by the north star, Polaris. Stay localized Unique star called engagement ring.

Luna The Moon

Luna is Latin for the English word lunar which is also known as the moon. The Moon is 4.5 billion years old. The moon's diameter is about 2,160 miles, somewhat more than 1/4 the earth's diameter. The moon has about 1/81 the mass of the earth and is 3/5 as dense. On the Moon's surface, the force of gravitation is about 1/6 that on earth. The surface temperature rises above 212F at lunar noon and sinks below -247F at night. There are dark areas on the Moon. These are really dry land but long ago astronomers thought they were filled with water, so they called them seas.

Luna-Greek: Selene

Selene was the Titan goddess of the moon. She was depicted as a woman either riding side saddle on a horse or in a chariot drawn by a pair of winged steeds. Other goddesses were also associated with the moon, however, only Selene was represented by the old Greek poets represented as the moon incarnate. Selene was the daughter of Hyperion and Theia, sister of Helios, the Sun and Eos the Dawn. She had an affair with the Zeus, and out of that produced Pandia, the Goddess of Brightness, Ersa, the Goddess of Dew, and Nemea, the Mountain Goddess.

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