prominent meteor shower that occurs in Ursa Minor, peaks between December 18 and 25. Its parent body is the comet 8P/Tuttle. See also Polaris Flare Ursa Minor Beta, fictional planet in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Ursa Minor (Chinese astronomy) Notes References External links The Deep Photographic Guide to the Constellations: Ursa Minor The clickable Ursa Minor Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (medieval and early modern images of Ursa Minor) Constellations Northern constellations Constellations listed by Ptolemy