Leo Minor
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Included are historical notes concerning the invention of the constellation.
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Leo Minor - Daniel Zimmermann
Leo Minor
By Daniel Zimmermann
Origin of the Constellation
The imaginative Greeks did not invent the constellation Leo Minor, nor did it originate in the Moslem world, It is the brainchild of Johann Hevelius, a Polish citizen of German nationality who lived during the seventeenth century.
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Why did Hevelius create this tiny constellation? Although I do not know his reasons, it is easy to see why there had to be a new constellation between Ursa Major and Leo, for the stars of Leo Minor cannot logically belong to either of these two large neighbors. (I pass over the possibility that the stars of Leo Minor could be included in the neighboring constellation Lynx. They could conceivably be added to the tail of the Lynx, but I am afraid that the poor animal would vociferously object. Cancer is a fourth neighbor, but the stars of Leo Minor do not fit this constellation.)
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First, Leo Minor is under the feet of Ursa Major. So it is anatomically impossible for the stars of Leo Minor to represent any portion of the body of the bear. It could represent a rug, but bears do not usually stand on rugs, especially