[DOC] [TLE] Polaris - Constellations of Words [PAR] Its name comes to us from Latin Stella Polaris, meaning "Pole Star". ... the tip of 
the tail of the Little Bear, Ursa Minor and the brightest star of that constellation. ... 
Greek navigators of old called Polaris; Kynosoura, which means "the Dog's Tail". 
... by Marinus of Tyre and cited by the second-century Greek astronomer Ptolemy. [DOC] [TLE] Emmaus Road Ministries: The North Star [PAR] Jul 13, 2014 ... Wikipedia says of the pole or north star: "Because of it's importance in celestial ... 
That's why "Polaris" is known by numerous names. ... Ursa Minor was called "
Kochab," so named for it's second brightest star in the upper right ... out of a 
constellation symbolizing satan, who once held the keys, into this one... [DOC] [TLE] The North Star: How to Find Polaris - Space.com [PAR] May 7, 2012 ... Polaris (the North Star) sits directly above the North Pole. ... that the most 
important star in the sky should also be the brightest, ... In fact, Polaris doesn't 
even crack the top 40; it's number 48 on the list of brightest stars. What is the 
North Star? The reason Polaris is so important is because the axis of Earth is... [DOC] [TLE] Whassup in the Milky Way?: June 2008 [PAR] Jun 26, 2008 ... That all-important star is Polaris, the North Star. ... This is because Polaris and the 
North Celestial Pole are not one and ... It's a fast-spinning but otherwise ordinary 
white star. ... Kochab (pronounced KOH kabb) is from the Arabic for star. .... 
Dubhe is the second brightest star in the Dipper, just a tad dimmer... [DOC] [TLE] Kochab, second brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor, after ... [PAR] It's a giant star with 42 times the radius of the Sun, and is 130 times as bright. ... It 
spins so rapidly (225-300km per second) that it is an oblate spheroid, with it's .... 
neighbor star Rigel, it appears dimmer because it radiates much of its energy in 
.... however Thuban will once again be the North Star in several thousand years. [DOC] [TLE] The Little Bear - Makara.us [PAR] The Little Bear like its Universal Prototype, the Great Bear,of which it is a lesser 
reflection and ... mind is that the Seven Rishi/Stars of the Great Bear and the 
seven ... its major asterism, the "Little Dipper", which starts at Polaris (the North 
Star) and then ... (including Yildun, the second star in from the end of the handle, 
Alifa al [DOC] [TLE] Dhruva Nayaka [the Pole star, Polaris] - Astrological Key to the ... [PAR] The Little Bear like its Universal Prototype, the Great Bear,of which it is a lesser ... 
by its major asterism, the "Little Dipper", which starts at Polaris (the North Star). ... 
Most of the Little Dipper (including Yildun, the second star in from the end of the 
... As a warm giant, and a bright one at that, the star is evolving, probably with a... [DOC] [TLE] Big Dipper: Stars, Facts, Myth, Location, Images | Constellation Guide [PAR] Jun 22, 2013 ... The stars that form the Big Dipper are the seven brightest stars in Ursa ... It is the 
third brightest star in Ursa Major and the 35th brightest star in the sky. ... Dubhe (
from the Arabic dubb, meaning bear, abbreviated from the phrase ahr ... the 
North Star, and another pair of stars, Megrez and Phecda, point the... [DOC] [TLE] The once and future pole star  Bangor Daily News  BDN Maine [PAR] Jan 1, 2012 ... Anyway, it doesn't matter because a lot of northern stars will do for the ... About 
2,500 years ago, Kochab, one of the bright stars in the Little ... It's this tilt that 
gives rise to the seasons, as our hemisphere tips

Question: Its second-brightest star is called Kochab, Arabic for "the north star", because that's what it once was
Answer: Ursa Minor