Cassini

Summary

Cassini is an impact crater^[1]. Cassini ranks in the top 6% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cassini's image is recorded as Cassini (LRO).png^[3].
• Cassini's instance of is recorded as impact crater^[4].
• Giovanni Domenico Cassini is named after Cassini^[5].
• Jacques Cassini is named after Cassini^[6].
• Cassini's location is recorded as LQ05^[7].
• Cassini's Commons category is recorded as Cassini (lunar crater)^[8].
• Cassini's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon^[9].
• Cassini's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.25, 'lon': 4.64}^[10].
• Cassini's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03n9jf^[11].
• Cassini's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+56.88'}^[12].
• Cassini's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 1045^[13].
• Cassini's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1240'}^[14].

Body

Designation and Status

Cassini's instance of is recorded as impact crater^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Giovanni Domenico Cassini^[5], a selenographer^[15], 1625–1712^[16], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[17], specialised in astronomy^[18] and Jacques Cassini^[6], an astronomer^[19], 1677–1756^[20], of France^[21], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[22], specialised in astronomy^[23].

Why It Matters

Cassini ranks in the top 6% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] Cassini has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24]