Cassini
Americannoun
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Oleg Oleg Cassini-Loiewski, 1913–2006, U.S. fashion designer and businessman, born in France.
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a walled plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 36 miles (56 km) in diameter.
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Geometry. oval of Cassini.
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Although NASA's Cassini spacecraft transformed our understanding of Saturn during its 13 year mission, it also uncovered new puzzles, including the surprisingly young age of Saturn's rings and Titan's shifting orbit.
From Science Daily
Toward the end of its mission, Cassini measured how mass is distributed inside Saturn.
From Science Daily
However, Cassini's final measurements revealed that Saturn's mass is more concentrated toward its center than scientists had expected.
From Science Daily
The Cassini mission began in 1997 and continued for nearly two decades, gathering extensive information about Saturn and its 274 moons.
From Science Daily
"The deformation we detected during the initial analysis of the Cassini mission data could have been compatible with a global ocean, but now we know that isn't the full story."
From Science Daily
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