The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is not a great as it once was. But a Berkeley scientist says that it is not dying just yet.https://nyti.ms/2qBlXNp by @kchangnyt
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There, "Cassini and others stood watching for twelve hours" is false, just as false as "I and 45 others have served as President of the United States." "Cassini and his successor watched the paint dry for twelve hours" would be fine because it indicates a switch midway.
How would you word it? Key pts are 1) Cassini made repeated observations, establishing that the spot was a lasting feature and 2) a gap started in 1713. Did not want to imply that Cassini made the last observation from the beyond the grave.
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It's fine with me so long if you make "others" "his successor" or successors.
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I don't know who made the 1713 observation, so I was hedging a bit.
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Not the most elegant paragraph I've ever written, but no one is misinformed by it.
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