Viscount Alexandre Henri Gabriel (vicomte) de Cassini (9 May 1781 – 23 April 1832) was a French botanist and naturalist , who specialised in the sunflower family ( Asteraceae ) (then known as family Compositae).
8-794: Cassini may refer to: People [ edit ] Cassini (surname) Oleg Cassini (1913–2006), American fashion designer Cassini family : Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712), Italian mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer Jacques Cassini (1677–1756), French astronomer, son of Giovanni Domenico Cassini César-François Cassini de Thury (1714–1784), French astronomer and cartographer, son of Jacques Cassini Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748–1845), French astronomer, son of César-François Cassini de Thury Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781–1832), French botanist and naturalist, son of Jean-Dominique de Cassini Planetary science [ edit ] Cassini's laws on
16-460: A mathematical curve described by Giovanni Cassini Cassini projection , in map making Cassini Glacier , in Antarctica Cassini periodical cicadas , two species of insect French cruiser Cassini , French Navy cruiser See also [ edit ] Casini , a surname Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
24-509: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini He was the youngest of five children of Jacques Dominique, Comte de Cassini , famous for completing the map of France , who had succeeded his father as the director of the Paris Observatory . He was also the great-great-grandson of famous Italian-French astronomer , Giovanni Domenico Cassini , discoverer of Jupiter 's Great Red Spot and
32-569: The Cassini division in Saturn 's rings. The genus Cassinia was named in his honour by the botanist Robert Brown . He named many flowering plants and new genera in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), many of them from North America. He published 65 papers and 11 reviews in the [Nouveau] Bulletin des Sciences of the Société Philomatique de Paris between 1812 and 1821. In 1825, Cassini placed
40-420: The surname Cassini . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cassini_(surname)&oldid=906599189 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
48-1074: The 💕 Cassini is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781–1832), French botanist and naturalist, son of Jean-Dominique de Cassini Arthur Cassini (1836–1913), Russian diplomat César-François Cassini de Thury (1714–1784), French astronomer and cartographer, son of Jacques, who developed the Cassini projection Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748–1845), first Count Cassini, French astronomer and cartographer, son of César-François Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712), also known as Jean-Dominique Cassini, Italian-French astronomer Henri Cassini (1781–1832), known as Henri Cassini, French botanist, youngest son of Jean-Dominique Igor Cassini (1915–2002), American gossip columnist, writing as "Cholly Knickerbocker" Jacques Cassini (1677–1756), French astronomer, son of Giovanni Domenico Oleg Cassini (1913–2006), American fashion designer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
56-529: The motion of the Moon Cassini Division , a gap in the rings of Saturn Cassini–Huygens , the space mission to examine Saturn and its moons, of which the Cassini orbiter was a part Cassini (Martian crater) Cassini (lunar crater) 24101 Cassini , an asteroid 24102 Jacquescassini , another asteroid Cassini Regio , the dark region of the moon Iapetus Other uses [ edit ] Cassini, South Australia Cassini oval ,
64-504: The title Cassini . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cassini&oldid=1155889155 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cassini (surname) From Misplaced Pages,
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