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Cassini division

Cas·si·ni di·vi·sion [ kə snee di vì'n, kaa snee di vì'n ] or Cas·si·ni's di·vi·sion [ kə sneez di vì'n, kaa sneez di vì'n ]


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dark area between Saturn's rings: the dark area between the two brightest rings, the middle and outermost, of Saturn

[Early 20th century. After Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712), Italian-born French astronomer]
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