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Asaph Hall
Hall at the USNO in 1899
Born
(1829-10-15)October 15, 1829
Goshen, Connecticut, US
Died
November 22, 1907(1907-11-22) (aged 78)
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Alma mater
New-York Central College, McGrawville
Occupation
Astronomer
Known for
Discovery of the two moons of Mars
Spouses
Angeline Stickney
(m. 1856; died 1892)
Mary Gauthier
(m. 1901)
Children
4, including Asaph Hall, Jr. and Percival Hall
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Asaph Hall III (October 15, 1829 – November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer who is best known for having discovered the two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, in 1877.[1] He determined the orbits of satellites of other planets and of double stars, the rotation of Saturn, and the mass of Mars.
^Blunck, Jürgen (2009). "The Satellites of Mars; Discovering and Naming the Satellites". Solar System Moons: Discovery and Mythology. Springer. p. 5. ISBN 978-3-540-68852-5.
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They are irregular in shape. Both were discovered by American astronomer AsaphHall in August 1877 and are named after the Greek mythological twin characters...
marry, and drive automobiles. The son of astronomer AsaphHall, III (1829–1907) and Angeline Stickney Hall (1830–1892), he was born in Georgetown, Washington...
Spacecraft images of Phobos from nineplanets USGS Phobos nomenclature AsaphHall and the Moons of Mars Flight around Phobos (movie) Animation of Phobos...
captured into Martian orbit. Both satellites were discovered in 1877 by AsaphHall and were named after the characters Phobos (the deity of panic and fear)...
this article: an account of Hall's use of the Great White Spot to calculate Saturn's rotation. 1876 – Observed by AsaphHall. He used the white spots to...
in Hale's anthology The Brick Moon and Other Stories in 1899. In 1877, AsaphHall discovered the two moons of Mars. He wrote to Hale, comparing the smaller...
victory. August 12 – American astronomer AsaphHall discovers Deimos, the outer moon of Mars. August 18 – AsaphHall discovers Phobos, the inner moon of Mars...
1873: Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published. 1877: AsaphHall discovers the moons of Mars 1896: Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity;...
Antarctic Place-Names Committee from association with Saturn Glacier after AsaphHall, the American astronomer who contributed toward the study of Saturn and...
discoveries include the Moons of Mars and a fifth moon of Jupiter, Amalthea. AsaphHall discovered Deimos on 12 August 1877 at about 07:48 UTC and Phobos on 18...
Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society The RAS gold medal awarded to AsaphHall Awarded for Achievement in astronomy or geophysics Country United Kingdom...
nationwide labour strike. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed. AsaphHall discovers the moons of Mars. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph. The...
and pericynthion. The moons of Mars (Phobos and Deimos) were named by AsaphHall in 1878, soon after he discovered them. They are named after the sons...
Brünnow's students during his tenure at the Detroit Observatory were AsaphHall, De Volson Wood, Cleveland Abbe, and James Craig Watson. Brünnow stayed...
Neptune starting in 1846 by William Lassell and around Mars in 1877 by AsaphHall. Further apparent discrepancies in the orbits of the outer planets led...
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