Big Dipper (disambiguation) facts for kids

Big Dipper is the American name for the seven brightest stars of Ursa Major. It is called the Plough in Britain.

Big Dipper also may refer to:

• Big Dipper, alternative name for a roller coaster ride, especially in the United Kingdom. Several roller coasters are specifically known by this name, including;
  • Big Dipper (Blackpool), a wooden roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
  • Big Dipper (Geauga Lake), a wooden roller coaster at Geauga Lake
  • Big Dipper (Luna Park Sydney), a wooden roller coaster operating at Luna Park Sydney from 1935 until 1981
  • Cyclone (Dreamworld), a steel roller coaster which operated as Big Dipper at Luna Park Sydney from 1995 to 2001
• For other uses of the big dipper see Starry Plough (disambiguation)

As a nickname in sport, Big Dipper may also refer to:

• Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999), American basketball player
• Melvin Turpin (1960–2010), American basketball player
• Jeff Wilkins (born 1955), American basketball player
• Robert DiPierdomenico (born 1958), Australian rules footballer
• Chris Duncan (born 1981), American baseball player

In music:

• Big Dipper (band), a 1980s-1990s Boston alternative-rock band
• Big Dipper (Elton John song), a 1978 song by Elton John
• Big Dipper (album), a 2003 album by Drop Trio
• "Big Dipper", a song by Jethro Tull from their 1976 album Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
• "Big Dipper", a song by Built to Spill from their 1994 album There's Nothing Wrong with Love
• Big Dipper (Michigan's Adventure)

Related pages

• Beidou (disambiguation), Chinese name of Big Dipper