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Cassini may refer to:
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 Mons Piton.
The floor of Cassini is flooded, and is likely as old as the surrounding mare. The surface is peppered with a multitude of impacts, including a pair of significant craters contained entirely within the rim. Cassini A is the larger of these two, and it lies just north-east of the crater center. A hilly ridge area runs from this inner crater toward the south-east. Near the south-west rim of Cassini is the smaller crater Cassini B.
The walls of this crater are narrow and irregular in form but remain intact despite the lava flooding. Beyond the crater rim is a significant and irregular outer rampart.
For unknown reasons, this crater was omitted from early maps of the Moon. This crater is not of recent origin, however, so the omission was most likely an error on the part of the map-makers.
Cassini is a crater on Mars named in honour of the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini.
The crater measures approximately 415 kilometers in diameter and can be found at 327.9°W and 23.8°N. It is in the Arabia quadrangle of Mars. Pictures of small craters on the floor of Cassini reveal multiple layers. Some of these layers can be easily seen in the pictures below. Many places on Mars show rocks arranged in layers. Rock can form layers in a variety of ways. Volcanoes, wind, or water can produce layers. A detailed discussion of layering with many Martian examples can be found in Sedimentary Geology of Mars.
Recent research leads scientists to believe that some of the craters in Arabia may have held huge lakes. Cassini Crater probably once was full of water since its rim seems to have been breached by the waters. Both inflow and outflow channels have been observed on its rim. The lake would have contained more water than Earth's Lake Baikal, our largest freshwater lake by volume.
Many craters once contained lakes.
Image:Arabia map.JPG|Map of Arabia quadrangle with major craters. Cassini is in the upper right. Image:Cassini crater floor.JPG|Crater in the middle of Cassini crater, as seen by HiRISE. WikicassinilayersESP 028919 2030.jpg|Layers in a crater on the floor of Cassini Crater, as seen by HiRISE, under HiWish program
Cassini is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Arthur Cassini (1836–1913), Russian diplomat
- César-François Cassini de Thury (1714–1784), French astronomer and cartographer, son of Jacques, who developed the Cassini projection
- Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748–1845), first Count Cassini, French astronomer and cartographer, son of César-François
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712), also known as Jean-Dominique Cassini, Italian-French astronomer
- Henri Cassini (1781–1832), known as Henri Cassini, French botanist, youngest son of Jean-Dominique
- Igor Cassini (1915–2002), American gossip columnist, writing as "Cholly Knickerbocker"
- Jacques Cassini (1677–1756), French astronomer, son of Giovanni Domenico
- Oleg Cassini (1913–2006), American fashion designer
Usage examples of "cassini".
From the gleam in his eye, I saw he understood more deeply than Cassini intended.
Eanes was to be our majordomo, and Cassini would be charged with gathering charms and other magical supplies, such as our wind spirits.
Janos jumped down from the keg and went to Cassini, with me just behind him.
His long bout with seasickness and his general hatefulness had made me forget, in our days at the gymnasium, Cassini had a well-earned reputation as a brave man.
A flame flickered, and as it burst into a roaring flame, Cassini quickly kicked the whole mass over the side.
I was walking beside Cassini and thinking idly of how easy the way had been for the past hour, as our route wound over low hills, following a series of shallow ravines.
I pulled Cassini out of the line of march and beckoned for Janos, who quickly was beside us.
But I knew the men would need maximum trust in Cassini for a ceremony to work smoothly.
Evocator Cassini, all of our resources are yours to cast this counterspell.
We were formed in line, and each of us was commanded to take a handful of the clay and, while Cassini prayed in an unknown tongue, to shape the clay into a figurine.
I fancied I could feel forces of the night curl around us as Cassini lighted the fire and began chanting as the smoke rose.
Shore People seemed relieved, and they, having put their trust in Cassini and his sorcery, felt these problems were over.
If I ordered Cassini not to perform the ceremony here or elsewhere, he would unquestionably report me to the Council of Evocators when he returned.
If the other members of the party were not getting along with Cassini, he and Janos were almost to the point of open enmity.
One or two of the soldiers looked as if they might have reached a different decision if consulted, but hid their looks as quickly as Cassini had.