Awards and Honors
- Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- Guggenheim Fellowship scholarship, 1929-1930.
- Honorary doctorate, Monmouth College, 1941.
- G. Bruce Blair Award, 1958.
- Pendray Aerospace Literature Award, 1965.
- The crater Alter on the Moon is named after him.
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