Proper noun
A surname from Italian.
Giovanni Domenico Cassini, an Italian astronomer.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgWhen Macon used to keep Clemente and Cimoli on the bench last season and play Cassini and Whitman, he sure was doing us a favor." Roberto Clemente
A 1997 survey of historical astronomical drawings suggested that Cassini may have recorded an impact scar in 1690. Source: Internet
After Giovanni Domenico Cassini published his discoveries of four more moons of Saturn between 1673 and 1686, astronomers fell into the habit of referring to these and Titan as Saturn I through V (with Titan then in fourth position). Source: Internet
As a result of the deployment from the Cassini spacecraft of the Huygens probe and its successful landing on Titan, Titan also holds the distinction of being the only object in the outer Solar System that has been explored with a lander. Source: Internet
Cassini (the space program created through supportive international effort) kept on orbiting around Saturn from the year 2004 to 2017. Source: Internet
Cassini probe discovered the evidence for the layered structure in the form of natural extremely-low-frequency radio waves in Titan's atmosphere. Source: Internet