Editing Asaph Hall (section)

{{Short description|American astronomer (1829–1907)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Asaph Hall
| image = Professor Asaph Hall.jpg
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| caption = Hall at the [[USNO]] in 1899
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1829|10|15|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Goshen, Connecticut]], US
| death_date = {{death date and age|1907|11|22|1829|10|15|mf=y}}
| death_place =  [[Annapolis, Maryland]], US
| occupation = [[Astronomer]]
| alma_mater = [[New-York Central College, McGrawville]]
| known_for = Discovery of the two [[moons of Mars]]
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Angeline Stickney]]|1856|1892|end=d}}
* {{marriage|Mary Gauthier|1901}}
}}
| children=4, including [[Asaph Hall, Jr.]] and [[Percival Hall]]
| signature = Signature of Asaph Hall (1829–1907).png
}}
'''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 (moon)|Deimos]] and [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]], in 1877.<ref name=Blunck>{{cite book |last= Blunck |first=Jürgen |title= Solar System Moons: Discovery and Mythology|year=2009 |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] |isbn=978-3-540-68852-5 |page=5|chapter=The Satellites of Mars; Discovering and Naming the Satellites}}</ref> He determined the orbits of [[Natural satellite|satellite]]s of other planets and of [[double star]]s, the rotation of [[Saturn]], and the mass of Mars.