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Cassini's division comparison table

Subject	has discoverer	has discovery date	has definition	is a kind of	has width
ring gap			A gap between the rings of Saturn.	celestial body
Cassini's division	Cassini	1675	A gap between the outermost rings of Saturn. The period of a particle in Cassini's division is about two-thirds that of Janus, one-half that of Mimas, one-third that of Enceladus, and one-quarter that of Tethys.	ring gap	1800 km

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