Hypothetical Moons

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Hypothetical moons are moons that have not yet been discovered, some hypothetical moons are false, due to being disproven to exist.

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Here is a list of the Hypothetical moons.

Name of Hypothetical Moon	Parent Object	Distance from Parent Object	Diameter in kilometers	Reason Hypothesized	Disproven?
Hermes	Mercury	N/A	N/A	None, but turned out to be misinterpreted data from the star, 31 Crateris.	Yes
Caduceus	Mercury	N/A	N/A	NASA claimed that this moon existed as an April Fools joke.	Yes
Neith	Venus	N/A	Around 3026 km (¼ of Venus' diameter.	Reportedly sighted by Giovanni Cassini in 1672.	Yes
Petit's moon	Earth	11.4 - 3,570 km	N/A	First major claim of another moon of Earth made by French astronomer Frédéric Petit.	Possibly?
Waltemath's moons	Earth	1,030,000 - 427,250 km	700 - 746 km	To explain the gravitational interactions of the Moon's orbit, and the cold spring of 1907, the may 1907 solar eclipse, and the so-called "Green Crescent moon"	Yes
Bagby's Moons	Earth	N/A	N/A	A person named John Bagby thought he saw some natural satellites orbiting Earth, but these moons were not confirmed.	Yes
Chiron	Saturn	N/A	N/A	Thought to be orbiting between Titan and Hyperion.	Yes
Themis	Saturn	1,456,456 km	Estimated to be 61 km	Reportedly found by astronomers.	Yes
Chrysalis	Saturn	N/A	~1,469	To explain the formation of Saturn's rings. This moon was supposedly torn apart by the tidal forces of the planet.	No
Varuna I	Varuna	1300-2000 km	N/A	Reported during occcultation.	No
Sedna I	Sedna	N/A	N/A	To explain Sedna’s slow rotation. Later disproven as better data said that the rotation was only 10 hours.	Yes
Pallas I	Pallas	N/A	About 1 km	Occultation data suggested a satellite was orbiting Pallas.	Yes?
Pallas II	Pallas	750 km	175 km	In 1980, a large satellite was said to orbit Pallas, but was disproven with occultation data.	Yes
Jebe	Hebe	900 km	20 km	After an occultation in 1977, a moon around Hebe was suggested by Paul D. Maley. Observations from telescopes have failed to detect a satellite, doubting its existence.	Yes
Herschel's Moons	Uranus	N/A	N/A	To explain why Herschel saw four additional moons around Uranus. Later disproven.	Yes
Metis I	Metis	1,100 km	60 km	Light curve data suggested a moon was orbiting the asteroid. Later observations and searches found no satellite.	Yes
Amphitrite I	Amphitrite	N/A	N/A	Same reason as Metis I.	Yes