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Kochab /ˈkoʊkæb/,
Bayer designation Beta
Ursae Minoris (β
Ursae Minoris,
abbreviated β UMi, Beta UMi), is the
brightest star in the bowl of the Little...
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apparent magnitude from 1.97 to 2.00. Beta
Ursae Minoris, also
known as
Kochab, is an
aging star that has
swollen and
cooled to
become an
orange giant...
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Australis (Sigma Octantis). From
around 1700 BC
until just
after 300 AD,
Kochab (Beta
Ursae Minoris) and
Pherkad (Gamma
Ursae Minoris) were twin northern...
- USS
Kochab (AKS-6) was an Acubens-class
general stores issue ship
commissioned by the U.S. Navy for
service in
World War II. She was
responsible for delivering...
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spelled Kôkabîêl, Kôkhabîêl, Kakabel, Kochbiel, Kokbiel, Kabaiel, or
Kochab,
considered the 'angel of the stars', is a
fallen angel, the
fourth mentioned...
- for its
radiant point,
which is
located near the star Beta
Ursae Minoris (
Kochab) in the
constellation Ursa Minor. The
Ursids were
probably discovered by...
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around 2750 BCE, and
during classical antiquity it was
slightly closer to
Kochab (β UMi) than to Polaris,
although still about 10° from
either star. It was...
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northern constellation of Ursa Minor.
Together with Beta
Ursae Minoris (
Kochab), it
forms the end of the
dipper pan of the "Little Dipper",
which is an...
- (meteorology).
Kokabiel (also Kakabel, Kochbiel, Kokbiel, Kabaiel, and
Kochab), In the Book of
Raziel he is a high-ranking, holy angel. In
Enoch I, he...
- pole star
until about 1800 BC, when the much
brighter Beta
Ursae Minoris (
Kochab)
began to
approach the pole as well.
Having gradually drifted away from...
