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Cassini

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  • Astronomers and cartographers:
    • Giovanni Domenico Cassini
      Giovanni Domenico Cassini
      This article is about the Italian-born astronomer. For his French-born great-grandson, see Jean-Dominique Cassini.Giovanni Domenico Cassini was an Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer...

       (1625 – 1712), also known as Jean-Dominique Cassini, Italian-French astronomer
    • Jacques Cassini
      Jacques Cassini
      Jacques Cassini was a French-Italian astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini....

       (1677 – 1756), French astronomer, son of Giovanni Domenico
    • César-François Cassini de Thury
      César-François Cassini de Thury
      César-François Cassini de Thury , also called Cassini III or Cassini de Thury, was a French astronomer and cartographer.- Biography :...

       (1714 – 1784), French astronomer and cartographer, son of Jacques
    • Jean-Dominique Cassini (1748 – 1845), French astronomer and cartographer, son of César-François
  • Others:
    • Alexandre de Cassini
      Alexandre de Cassini
      Count Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini was a French botanist and naturalist, who specialised in the sunflower family ....

       (1781 – 1832), French botanist, youngest son of Jean-Dominique
    • Oleg Cassini
      Oleg Cassini
      Oleg Cassini was a French-born American fashion designer noted for being chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her state wardrobe in the 1960s. He became the exclusive costume designer for his then-wife, American film and stage actress Gene Tierney...

       (1913 – 2006), American fashion designer
    • Igor Cassini
      Igor Cassini
      Igor Cassini was an American syndicated gossip columnist for the Hearst newspaper chain. He was the second journalist to write the Cholly Knickerbocker column....

       (1915 – 2002), American gossip columnist, also known as "Cholly Knickerbocker"

  • 24101 Cassini
    24101 Cassini
    24101 Cassini is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on November 9, 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.- External links :*...

    , an asteroid
  • 24102 Jacquescassini
    24102 Jacquescassini
    24102 Jacquescassini is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on November 9, 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.- External links :*...

    , another asteroid
  • Cassini (lunar crater)
    Cassini (lunar crater)
    Cassini is a lunar impact crater that is located in the Palus Nebularum, at the eastern end of Mare Imbrium. To the northeast is the Promontorium Agassiz, the southern tip of the Montes Alpes mountain range. South by south-east of Cassini is the crater Theaetetus. To the northwest is the lone peak...

  • Cassini (Martian crater)
    Cassini (Martian crater)
    Cassini is a crater on Mars named in honour of the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini.The crater is approximately 415 km in diameter and can be found at 327.9°W 23.8°N....

  • Cassini Division, gap between rings of Saturn
  • Cassini Regio
    Cassini Regio
    Cassini Regio is the enigmatic dark area that covers half of Saturn's moon Iapetus. It is named after Giovanni Cassini, the discoverer of Iapetus; 'Regio' is a term used in planetary geology for a large area that is strongly differentiated in colour or albedo from its surroundings...

    , the dark region of the moon Iapetus

  • Cassini Grid System Used by the British military from 1919 until after WWII.
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  • Astronomers and cartographers:
    • Giovanni Domenico Cassini
      Giovanni Domenico Cassini
      This article is about the Italian-born astronomer. For his French-born great-grandson, see Jean-Dominique Cassini.Giovanni Domenico Cassini was an Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer...

       (1625 – 1712), also known as Jean-Dominique Cassini, Italian-French astronomer
    • Jacques Cassini
      Jacques Cassini
      Jacques Cassini was a French-Italian astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini....

       (1677 – 1756), French astronomer, son of Giovanni Domenico
    • César-François Cassini de Thury
      César-François Cassini de Thury
      César-François Cassini de Thury , also called Cassini III or Cassini de Thury, was a French astronomer and cartographer.- Biography :...

       (1714 – 1784), French astronomer and cartographer, son of Jacques
    • Jean-Dominique Cassini (1748 – 1845), French astronomer and cartographer, son of César-François
  • Others:
    • Alexandre de Cassini
      Alexandre de Cassini
      Count Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini was a French botanist and naturalist, who specialised in the sunflower family ....

       (1781 – 1832), French botanist, youngest son of Jean-Dominique
    • Oleg Cassini
      Oleg Cassini
      Oleg Cassini was a French-born American fashion designer noted for being chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her state wardrobe in the 1960s. He became the exclusive costume designer for his then-wife, American film and stage actress Gene Tierney...

       (1913 – 2006), American fashion designer
    • Igor Cassini
      Igor Cassini
      Igor Cassini was an American syndicated gossip columnist for the Hearst newspaper chain. He was the second journalist to write the Cholly Knickerbocker column....

       (1915 – 2002), American gossip columnist, also known as "Cholly Knickerbocker"

Astronomy

  • 24101 Cassini
    24101 Cassini
    24101 Cassini is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on November 9, 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.- External links :*...

    , an asteroid
  • 24102 Jacquescassini
    24102 Jacquescassini
    24102 Jacquescassini is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on November 9, 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.- External links :*...

    , another asteroid
  • Cassini (lunar crater)
    Cassini (lunar crater)
    Cassini is a lunar impact crater that is located in the Palus Nebularum, at the eastern end of Mare Imbrium. To the northeast is the Promontorium Agassiz, the southern tip of the Montes Alpes mountain range. South by south-east of Cassini is the crater Theaetetus. To the northwest is the lone peak...

  • Cassini (Martian crater)
    Cassini (Martian crater)
    Cassini is a crater on Mars named in honour of the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini.The crater is approximately 415 km in diameter and can be found at 327.9°W 23.8°N....

  • Cassini Division, gap between rings of Saturn
  • Cassini Regio
    Cassini Regio
    Cassini Regio is the enigmatic dark area that covers half of Saturn's moon Iapetus. It is named after Giovanni Cassini, the discoverer of Iapetus; 'Regio' is a term used in planetary geology for a large area that is strongly differentiated in colour or albedo from its surroundings...

    , the dark region of the moon Iapetus

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