Astronomy
- 24101 Cassini, an asteroid
- 24102 Jacquescassini, another asteroid
- Cassini (lunar crater)
- Cassini (Martian crater)
- Cassini Division, gap between rings of Saturn
- Cassini Regio, the dark region of the moon Iapetus
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