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( Neith (moon))
Neith is the name given to an object first sighted by Giovanni Cassini, which he believed to be a moon of Venus. It has since been determined that no such moon exists. In 1672, Giovanni Cassini found a small object close to Venus. He did not take great note of his observation, but, when he saw it again in 1686, he made a formal announcement of a possible moon of Venus. The object was seen by many other astronomers over a large period of time by James Short in 1740, by Andreas Mayer in 1759, by Joseph Louis Lagrange in 1761, eighteen observations in 1761, including one in which a small spot was seen following Venus while Venus was in transit across the Sun, eight observations in 1764, and by Christian Horrebow in 1768. Many astronomers, however, failed to find any moon during their observations of Venus, including William Herschel in 1768.
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