CASSINI DIVISION


Meaning of CASSINI DIVISION in English

Astron.

a 3000-mi. (4800-km) wide dark region that separates the middle and outermost rings of the planet Saturn.

[ named after Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712), who discovered it in 1675 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .