Ursa Minor Ursa Minor Ursa Minor (Latin: "Lesser Bear", contrasting with Ursa Major), also known as the Little Bear, is a constellation in the Northern Sky. Like the Great Bear, the tail of the Little Bear may also be seen as the handle of a ladle, hence the North American name, Little Dipper: seven stars with four in its bowl like its partner the Big Dipper. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Ursa Minor has traditionally been important for navigation, particularly by mariners, because of Polaris being
Ursa Minor (album) to state at concerts that the band was planning on returning back to the materical to complete "Ursa Minor". By the end of 2012, it was reported that Jenkins had ultimately dropped the "Ursa Minor" album idea. Jenkins revealed that the change in plans had been a result of changes in band members since the release of "Ursa Major". Much of "Ursa Major" and "Ursa Minor" had been written with guitarist Tony Fredianelli, who after the release of "Ursa Major", sued the band for missing song-writing credits and publishing royalties for "Ursa Major" and the "Red Star" EP. Fredianelli had