Cassini

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Cassini may be:

Contents 1 People 2 Astronomy 3 Spacecraft 4 Math 5 Internet

[edit] People

• Astronomers:
  • Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712), also known as Jean-Dominique Cassini, Italian-French astronomer
  • Jacques Cassini (1677-1756), French astronomer, son of Giovanni Domenico
  • César-François Cassini de Thury (1714-1784), French astronomer and cartographer, son of Jacques
  • Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748-1845), French astronomer and cartographer, son of César-François
• Others:
  • Alexandre de Cassini (1781-1832), French botanist
  • Oleg Cassini (1913-2006), American fashion designer
  • Igor Cassini (1915-2002), American gossip columnist, also known as "Cholly Knickerbocker"

[edit] Astronomy

• 24101 Cassini, an asteroid
• 24102 Jacquescassini, another asteroid
• Cassini (crater) (on the Moon)
• Cassini (Mars)
• Cassini Division, gap between rings of Saturn

[edit] Spacecraft

• Cassini orbiter, part of the Cassini-Huygens space probe

[edit] Math

• Cassini oval, mathematical curve

[edit] Internet

• UltiDev Cassini Web Server
• Cassini Web Server