Asaph Hall - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

Hall won the Lalande Prize of the French Academy of Sciences in 1878, the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1879, the Arago Medal in 1893, and was made a Chevalier in the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (French Legion of Honor) in 1896. Hall crater on the Moon as well as Hall crater on the Martian moon Phobos are named in his honor. Asteroid 3299 Hall is also named in his honor.

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