Aug. 17, 1877: Asaph Hall discovers Phobos

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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