Cassini

[ kuh-see-nee, kah- ]

/ kəˈsi ni, kɑ- /

noun

O·leg [oh-leg] /ˈoʊ lɛg/, Oleg Cassini-Loiewski,1913–2006, U.S. fashion designer and businessman, born in France.

a walled plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 36 miles (56 km) in diameter.

Geometry. oval of Cassini.

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And Cassini, like other first lady clothiers, was not a big international brand.

How Oscar de la Renta Created First Lady Fashion |Raquel Laneri |October 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The authors of the new study used data from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn to measure the libration of Mimas.

Saturn’s Death Star Look-Alike |Matthew R. Francis |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
That brings us back to the cloud system monitored by the Cassini mission between July 20 and 22.

A Cloud Forms Over Saturn’s Mysterious Moon |Matthew R. Francis |August 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Cassini observed, by the position of certain spots, the revolution of the planet Venus on its axis.

The Every Day Book of History and Chronology |Joel Munsell

During the night of the 14th, the wind was light from the westward, and we stood off and on to the north of Cassini Island.

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2] |Phillip Parker King
That Cassini should have seen an object which Dawes and Webb have failed to see must be considered utterly improbable.

Half-hours with the Telescope |Richard A. Proctor
It was in 1671, about sixteen years after the discovery of the first satellite of Saturn, that a second was discovered by Cassini.

The Story of the Heavens |Robert Stawell Ball
Of the five known satellites of Saturn at the close of the 17th century, Huygens had discovered the fourth; Cassini the others.

Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men |Francois Arago

British Dictionary definitions for cassini

Cassini

/ (kæˈsiːnɪ) /

noun

Giovanni Domenico. 1625–1712, French astronomer, born in Italy. He discovered (1675) Cassini's division, the gap that divides Saturn's rings into two parts, and four of Saturn's moons

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