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Astronomy

  • 106 Dione
    106 Dione
    106 Dione is a large main belt asteroid. It probably has a composition similar to 1 Ceres. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on October 10, 1868 and named after Dione, a Titan in Greek mythology. Dione occulted a dim star on January 19, 1983...

    , a large main belt asteroid
  • Dione (moon)
    Dione (moon)
    Dione is a moon of Saturn discovered by Cassini in 1684. It is named after the titan Dione of Greek mythology. It is also designated Saturn IV.-Name:...

    , a moon of Saturn
  • Helene (moon)
    Helene (moon)
    Helene is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Pierre Laques and Jean Lecacheux in 1980 from ground-based observations at Pic du Midi Observatory, and was designated . In 1988 it was officially named after Helen of Troy, who was the granddaughter of Cronus in Greek mythology...

    , a moon of Saturn sometimes referred to as "Dione B"

Chemistry

  • Diketone
    Diketone
    A diketone is a molecule containing two ketone groups. The simpliest diketone is diacetyl, also known as 2,3-butanedione. Diacetyl, acetylacetone, and hexane-2,5-dione are examples of 1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,4-diketones, respectively...

     (Dione), a molecule containing two ketone groups
  • Ethylene dione
    Ethylene dione
    Ethylene dione or ethylenedione, also called dicarbon dioxide, ethene dione, or ethene 1,2-dione, is a hypothetical chemical compound with the formula C2O2 or O=C=C=O. It would be an oxide of carbon , specifically a dimer of carbon monoxide...

     (ethylenedione, ethene dione, or ethene 1,2-dione), a hypothetical chemical compound with the formula C2O2 (O=C=C=O)

Fiction & mythology

  • Dione (mythology)
    Dione (mythology)
    Dione, , in Greek mythology is a vague goddess presence who has her most concrete form in Book V of Homer's Iliad as the mother of Aphrodite. Aphrodite journeys to Dione's side after she has been wounded in battle while protecting her favorite son Aeneas...

    , Greek goddess
  • Dee Bliss (Dione "Dee" Rebecchi), from the Australian soap opera Neighbours

People

  • Dee Dee Sharp
    Dee Dee Sharp
    Dee Dee Sharp is an American R&B singer, who began her career recording as a backing vocalist in 1961.-Career:...

     (born Dione LaRue, 1945), American R&B singer
  • Dione Lucas
    Dione Lucas
    Dione Lucas was an English chef, and the woman who was the first female graduate of Le Cordon Bleu. Lucas was fundamental in establishing an unprecedented extension of the famous Paris Culinary School in London in the 1930s. She worked as a hotel chef in Hamburg before World War II and wrote of...

     (1909-1971), English chef and first female graduate of Le Cordon Bleu
  • Dione Taylor
    Dione Taylor
    Dione Taylor is a Canadian jazz singer.Born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Taylor released her first album, Open Your Eyes, in 2004. That album was nominated for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2005. Taylor followed up with I Love Being Here With You in 2006....

    , Canadian jazz singer
  • Rose Dione
    Rose Dione
    Rose Dione , was a French born actress of the silent era. She appeared in 68 films between 1910 and 1932...

     (1875-1936), French actress

Zoology

  • Dione (butterfly)
    Dione (butterfly)
    Dione is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae.-Species:*Dione moneta -- Mexican Silverspot*Dione glycera -- Andean Silverspot...

    , a species of Heliconiinae
    Heliconiinae
    The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies . They can be divided into 45-50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the Papilionoidea...

  • Dione (trilobite), a genus of Trilobite
    Trilobite
    Trilobites are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites first appear in the fossil record during the Early Cambrian period and flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before beginning a drawn-out decline to extinction when, during the...