Cassini
Encyclopedia
People
- Family of Italo-French scientists:
- Giovanni Domenico CassiniGiovanni Domenico CassiniThis 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 CassiniJacques CassiniJacques Cassini was a French astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.Cassini was born at the Paris Observatory. Admitted at the age of seventeen to membership of the French Academy of Sciences, he was elected in 1696 a fellow of the Royal Society of London, and...
(1677–1756), French astronomer, son of Giovanni Domenico - César-François Cassini de ThuryCésar-François Cassini de ThuryCésar-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, who developed the Cassini projectionCassini projectionThe Cassini projection is a map projection described by César-François Cassini de Thury in 1745. It is the transverse aspect of the equirectangular projection, in that the globe is first rotated so the central meridian becomes the "equator", and then the normal equirectangular projection is applied... - Jean-Dominique de CassiniDominique, comte de CassiniThis article is about the French astronomer. For his Italian-born great-grandfather, see Giovanni Domenico Cassini.Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini was a French astronomer, son of César-François Cassini de Thury....
(1748–1845), first Count Cassini, French astronomer and cartographer, son of César-François - Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781–1832), known as Henri Cassini, French botanist, youngest son of Jean-Dominique
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini
- Others:
- Igor CassiniIgor CassiniIgor Cassini was an American syndicated gossip columnist for the Hearst newspaper chain. He was the second journalist to write the Cholly Knickerbocker column.-Career:...
(1915–2002), American gossip columnist, writing as "Cholly Knickerbocker" - Oleg CassiniOleg CassiniOleg Cassini was a French-born American fashion designer noted for being chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her state wardrobe in the 1960s....
(1913–2006), American fashion designer
- Igor Cassini
Astronomy
- 24101 Cassini24101 Cassini24101 Cassini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 9, 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.- External links :*...
, an asteroid - 24102 Jacquescassini24102 Jacquescassini24102 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 and 23.8°N. It is in the Arabia quadrangle of Mars....
- Cassini Division, gap between rings of Saturn
- Cassini RegioCassini RegioCassini 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