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Ursa Major (Great Bear, Big Dipper, UMa)
subject			fact

Ursa Major	is a part of celestial sphere
	has genitive Ursae Majoris
	has boundary
	has synonym Great Bear
	has synonym Big Dipper
	has historical origin wagon or cart, a plow, a bull's thigh, and (to the Chinese) the government
	has acronym UMa
	is an instance of constellation
constellation	is a part of celestial sphere
	has component asterism
	has purpose to divide the celestial sphere into small visually recognizable star classification regions
equatorial sky area	is defined using equatorial coordinates
quantity	has unit
number	has value