Aug 13 1977
From The Space Library
The W. Post reported that the U.S. Naval Observatory had honored the memory of its astronomer Asaph Hall with a 2:30am party attended by Hall's descendants ("a fine crop of teenagers and young adults) on the 100th anniversary of his discovery of the moon of Mars, which he had named Deimos (flight) and Phobos (fear) after the horses that drew the war god's chariot. "It now turns out," the Post added, that the little moons would crash into Mars within the next 70 million yr [see During June]. Other Naval Observatory observances honoring Hall included a reception, a group of technical meetings, a dinner, and a 100th anniversary memorial entry in the logbook of the observatory's 26in refracting telescope. (W Post, Aug 13/77, Bl)
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