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Asaph Hall

1829 - 1907

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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. He determined the orbits of satellites of other planets and of double stars, the rotation of Saturn, and the mass of Mars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Asaph Hall is the 41st most popular astronomer (up from 63rd in 2019), the 597th most popular biography from United States (up from 902nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Astronomer.

Asaph Hall is most famous for discovering the moons of Mars.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Asaph Hall ranks 41 out of 644. Before him are Johann Gottfried Galle, Sosigenes of Alexandria, William Lassell, Robert Woodrow Wilson, Vesto Slipher, and Johannes Hevelius. After him are Johann Bayer, Clyde Tombaugh, Martin Ryle, Wilhelm Schickard, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, and Michel Mayor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Asaph Hall ranks 8. Before him are August Kekulé, Auguste Beernaert, Geronimo, Anton Rubinstein, Levi Strauss, and Chester A. Arthur. After him are John Everett Millais, Philip Sclater, Theodor Billroth, Alfred Brehm, N. R. Pogson, and Adolf Eugen Fick. Among people deceased in 1907, Asaph Hall ranks 9. Before him are William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Klara Hitler, Sully Prudhomme, Oscar II of Sweden, Henri Moissan, and Giosuè Carducci. After him are Joris-Karl Huysmans, Hector Malot, Alfred Jarry, Kato Svanidze, Marcellin Berthelot, and Pierre Janssen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Asaph Hall ranks 597 out of 20,380. Before him are Yehudi Menuhin (1916), Liza Minnelli (1946), Lon Chaney (1883), Hugh Hefner (1926), Christopher Reeve (1952), and Michelle Pfeiffer (1958). After him are Ed Harris (1950), The Notorious B.I.G. (1972), Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), Jack Ruby (1911), Robert Mitchum (1917), and George Clooney (1961).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Asaph Hall ranks 8. Before him are Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), Carl Sagan (1934), Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958), Charles Greeley Abbot (1872), Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), and Vesto Slipher (1875). After him are Clyde Tombaugh (1906), William Alfred Fowler (1911), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Vera Rubin (1928), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), and Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868).

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