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It’s named after Italian-French astronomer Jean-Dominique Cassini (also known as Gian Domenico Cassini). He discovered four of Saturn’s moons: Iapetus, Rhea, Tethys, and Dione. In 1675, he discovered the narrow gap, now known as the “Cassini Division”, which splits Saturn’s rings into two main parts.
