2466 URSA is a planet briefly "scanned" on the screensaver (no longer) made available on the official U.S. Metroid Prime web page by the AARMA (Angstrom Analogue Radio Mapping Array).
Trivia[]
- Ursa is the Latin word for bear. Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are constellations that mean "the Great Bear" and "the Little Bear".
- Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree was released on February 4th, 1966 (2/4/66). The short film was the first of a series about a bear named Winnie the Pooh, and was the last animation to have been completed by Walt Disney.
- The image of the planet is an edited image of the planet Mars.
Planets in the Metroid series |
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FS-176 |
Bilium | Oormine II | Tallon IV | Twin Tabula | Zebes |
Alimbic Cluster |
Alinos | Arcterra |
Dasha region |
Aether | Dark Aether |
Federation Solar System |
Bryyo | Elysia | Norion |
Unknown Solar System |
Pirate Homeworld
a.k.a. Planet SN-883 or Urtraghus ("large booty") |
Small star |
Phaaze |
SR388's solar system |
SR388 | "SR387" |
Sun |
Earth | Jupiter |
Bermuda System |
Excelcion | Talvania | Bion |
Extreme Galaxy |
Outlaw | Maru | Agricultural world | Jatsuk | Ocean world Graveyard planet | Galactic ruins |
Other Locations |
2466 URSA | Bes III | Devon III | Daiban | Demon Planet | Degrade Jamoru | Jasdam | Jigrad | K-2L | Kankei | Liberty Mondreus | Naishii | Nest | RX 338 | Solairon 12 | Tivus | Vho | ZDR |