births
October 15, 1829
Asaph Hall, American astronomer and academic (died 1907)
Asaph Hall
Asaph Hall III 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.