Definition of Asaph Hall

1. Noun. United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907).

Exact synonyms: Hall
Generic synonyms: Astronomer, Stargazer, Uranologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asaph Hall

Aryanize
Aryanized
Aryanizes
Aryanizing
Aryans
Aryirades
Asa Gray
Asa Yoelson
Asadha
Asafolk
Asahikawa
Asama
Asamiya
Asanga
Asansol
Asaph Hall (current term)
Asarh
Asarum
Asarum canadense
Asarum europaeum
Asarum shuttleworthii
Asarum virginicum
Asatru
Asbat al-Ansar
Ascaphidae
Ascaphus
Ascaphus trui
Ascaridae
Ascaridata
Ascaridia galli

Literary usage of Asaph Hall

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1909)
"1812-1882. BV Asaph Hall READ BEFORE THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES APRIL 18, 1906. ... Asaph Hall."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"Asaph Hall was born in Goshen, Conn., October 15, 1829. ... His grandfather, Asaph Hall, was a captain of the company organized at Cornwall, Conn., ..."

3. Astronomy and Astro-physics by European Southern Observatory, Goodsell Observatory (1886)
"BY Asaph Hall. The variability of the images of stars from night to night, when seen in the same telescope, is very great, and the blurred and indefinite ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1887)
"By Professor Asaph Hall. [PLATE XL] The observations of the five inner satellites of Saturn made at Washington •since the mounting of the 26-inch refractor ..."

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