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Lyot division
  شکاف ِ لی‌یو  
šekâf-e Liyot (#)
Fr.: division de Lyot  

In Saturn’s rings, the gap between rings B and C.

See also: Named after Bernard Lyot (1897-1952), French astronomer who discovered the division. He was also a distinguished solar observer and
invented (1930) the → coronagraph; → division.