Cassini crater (Moon)

Cassini was the surname of a famous family of astronomers, whose members include:

• Giovanni Domenico Cassini a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cassini, Italian-French astronomer (1625-1712)
• Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (1677-1756), son of Giovanni Domenico
• César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (1714-1784)
• Dominique, comte de Cassini, French astronomer (1748-1845)

Named after Giovanni Cassini:

• Cassini crater on Mars
• Cassini crater on the Moon
• Cassini Division, gap between rings of Saturn
• Cassini-Huygens, mission to Saturn and Titan (moon)

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