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Aug. 17, 1877: Asaph Hall discovers Phobos

Aug. 17, 1877: Asaph Hall discovers Phobos

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Astronomer Asaph Hall met Angeline Stickney at New York Central College in 1855. Two years his elder, she instructed him in geometry and German, and was reputedly so strong a mathematician that Hall and his classmate made a game of trying to stump her, yet never could. The pair were married the following year. ForContinue reading “Aug. 17, 1877: Asaph Hall discovers Phobos”

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