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| Coordinates | 40°12′N 4°36′E / 40.2°N 4.6°E |
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| Diameter | 57 km |
| Depth | 1.2 km |
| Colongitude | 356° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Giovanni Cassini and Jacques Cassini |
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Cassini is a lunar impact crater that is located in the Palus Nebularum, at the eastern end of Mare Imbrium. The crater was named after astronomers Giovanni Cassini and Jacques Cassini.[1] To the northeast is the Promontorium Agassiz, the southern tip of the Montes Alpes mountain range. South by south-east of Cassini is the crater Theaetetus. To the northwest is the lone peak Mons Piton.
- ^ "Cassini (lunar crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.