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5 statements · 20% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
3 identifiers linking Neith across the web's reference databases
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Neith is a hypothetical natural satellite of Venus reportedly sighted by Giovanni Cassini in 1672 and by several other astronomers in following years. It was 'observed' up to 30 times by astronomers until 1770, when there were no new sightings and it was not found during the transit of Venus in 1761 and 1769. Actually the name "Neith" was given at the end of the XIX Century to a missing planet, hypotesized by Jean-Charles Houzeau, as an alternative to the moon of Venus. But the moon itself is sometimes referred to as Neith.