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Categories: Harvard College Observatory people, Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences, Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, American astronomers, New-York Central College alumni
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Hall  Asaph Hall  Asaph Hall III  Discoverer of Deimos  Discoverer of Mars’s moons
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United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907) WordNet 3.0
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United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Asaph Hall III was an American astronomer who is best known for having discovered the two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, in 1877. Wikipedia
Nineteenth century astronomer Wikipedia Disambiguation
American astronomer Wikidata
IS A
astronomer
homo
AWARD RECEIVED
Lalande Prize
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Knight of the Legion of Honour
CHILD
Asaph Hall, Jr.
Percival Hall
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Otto's encyclopedia
EDUCATED AT
New-York Central College, McGrawville
EMPLOYER
Harvard University
Old Naval Observatory
FAMILY NAME
Hall
FIELD OF WORK
astronomy
GIVEN NAME
Asaph
MEMBER OF
National Academy of Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Russian Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
OCCUPATION
astronomer
mathematician
carpenter
PLACE OF BIRTH
Goshen
PLACE OF DEATH
Annapolis
SEX OR GENDER
male
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Hall, Asaph Hall
Wikipedia
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Asaph Hall
Wikidata
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Asaph Hall
Wikipedia Redirections
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Asaph Hall III, Discoverer of Deimos, Discoverer of Mars’s moons, Discoverer of Phobos, Discoverer of Phobos and Deimos, Discoverer of the Martian moons, Discoverer of the moons of Mars
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Asaph Hall III

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