Cassini
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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Using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which recorded these signatures back in 2013, planetary scientists used those measurements to peer inside the gas giant’s center.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft did orbit Saturn from 2004 to 2017.
Born in deep shadows? That could explain Jupiter’s strange makeup | Ken Croswell | August 6, 2021 | Science News For StudentsShortly after the Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn in 2004, scientists realized that the tiny moon Enceladus vents dramatic plumes of water vapor, dust and ice crystals into space from a hidden subsurface sea.
A century of astronomy revealed Earth’s place in the universe | Lisa Grossman | July 21, 2021 | Science NewsSuccessful missions such as Viking, Cassini, New Horizons, Juno, and Rosetta were all done with last-century technology.
If Aliens Exist, Here’s How We’ll Find Them - Issue 97: Wonder | Martin Rees & Mario Livio | February 24, 2021 | NautilusSome of our best data for Titan came from the Cassini probe that studied the Saturnian system for about 13 years.
The 5 best places to explore in the solar system—besides Mars | Neel Patel | August 17, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThe authors of the new study used data from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn to measure the libration of Mimas.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTOh, how far the East Wing has come from the sedate days of Oleg Cassini and Arnold Scaasi!
Michelle Obama in Alexander McQueen: Lady in Red | Robin Givhan | January 19, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTCassini 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 MunsellDuring the night of the 14th, the wind was light from the westward, and we stood off and on to the north of Cassini Island.
Cassini was right in saying that cartography was no longer at its height as a science.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers | Jules VerneSome persons assert that they saw a green twig come in through the open window which gives upon Cassini Street.
Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille FlammarionThe attention of the world thus once awakened, Huygens and Cassini applied themselves to ascertain the figure of the earth.
British Dictionary definitions for Cassini
/ (kæˈsiːnɪ) /
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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