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Leo Minor

[ lee-oh mahy-ner ]

noun

genitive Leonis Minoris
  1. Astronomy. the Little Lion, a northern constellation between Leo and Ursa Major.


Leo Minor

noun

  1. a small faint constellation in the N hemisphere lying near Leo and Ursa Major
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Leo Minor1

First recorded in 1790–1800
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Rubio is in Leo Minor, the little lion.”

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Leo Minor.—This small constellation lies between Ursa Major and Leo, and east of the Lynx.

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Hanny van Arkel had been using the Galaxy Zoo Web site less than a week when she noticed something odd about the photograph of IC 2497, a minor galaxy in the Leo Minor constellation.

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The period of ε Hydræ is about 450 years. 45The constellation Leo Minor, now due east and about midway between the horizon and the zenith, is well worth sweeping over.

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