asaph hall

1. 1.

   United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)

   SynonymsHall

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Questions about asaph hall

What does asaph hall mean?

asaph hall means "United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)".

What is another word for asaph hall?

Close synonyms include Hall. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asaph hall a common word?

asaph hall is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.