Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall

Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall (November 1, 1830 – July 3, 1892) was the wife of astronomer Asaph Hall. Some sources give her date of death as 1938. Source http://maia. ... Source http://maia. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... Asaph Hall (October 15, 1829 – November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer who is most famous for having discovered the moons of Mars (namely Deimos and Phobos) in 1877. ... -1...

She had been Hall's professor of geometry and German at Central College in McGrawville, New York (despite being slightly younger than him), and gave up her career to marry him at Elkhorn, Wisconsin on March 31, 1856. New Hudson is a town located in Allegany County, New York. ... Elkhorn is a city located in Walworth County, Wisconsin. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

She encouraged him to continue his search for satellites of Mars when he was ready to give up, and he successfully discovered Phobos and Deimos. Moons of solar system scaled to Earths Moon The common noun moon (not capitalized) is used to mean any natural satellite of the other planets. ... Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the solar system, named after the Roman god of war (the counterpart of the Greek Ares), on account of its blood red color as viewed in the night sky. ... Phobos (IPA , Greek Φόβος: Fright), is the larger and innermost of Mars two moons, named after Phobos, son of Ares (Mars) from Greek Mythology. ... Deimos (IPA or ; Greek Δείμος: Dread), is the smaller and outermost of Mars two moons, named after Deimos from Greek Mythology. ...

The largest crater on Phobos, Stickney crater, is named after her. Stickney crater (at left), with radiating grooves Stickney at top in sunlight, imaged by Mars Global Surveyor Stickney crater is the largest crater on Phobos, which is a satellite of Mars. ...

Her third son Angelo Hall wrote her biography; the book is out of print. In all, they had four children; the oldest son, also named Asaph, was born on October 6, 1859 and served as director of Detroit Observatory from 1892 to 1905. Other sons were named Samuel (second son) and Percival (fourth son); Percival Hall (1872–1953) was president of Gallaudet University from 1910 to 1946 (he himself was not deaf). October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Gallaudet University was the first school for the advanced education of the deaf and hard-of-hearing. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

She died at North Andover, Massachusetts at age 61. Seal of North Andover, MA North Andover is a town located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ...

Books

• Angelo Hall. An Astronomer's Wife: The Biography of Angeline Hall. Baltimore: Nunn & Company, 1908.

External links

• http://maia.usno.navy.mil/women_history/hall.html
• http://www.detroitobservatory.umich.edu/JAHH2003/DetroitObservatoryArticle.pdf
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