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Cassini division
  شکاف ِ کاسینی  
šekâf-e Cassini (#)
Fr.: division de Cassini  

The main dark gap, 4,700 km wide, which divides Saturn’s outermost A and B rings.

See also: Named after Jean-Dominique Cassini (1625-1712), French astronomer of Italian origin, who discovered the division in 1675; → division.