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College of Science and Technology Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Planetary and Stellar Science from the Kepler Mission

Saul A. Rappaport Saul A. Rappaport Professor Emeritus Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wednesday, November 11 4 PM Science Education and Research Center Temple University, Main Campus 1925 N. 12th Street Philadelphia, PA 19122

SAUL A. RAPPAPORT (BA’63, Physics) joined MIT in 1969 and became a full professor in 1981. He joined MIT in 1969 and became a full professor in 1981. From 1993 to1995, he was head of the Astrophysics Division. The Kepler mission provides unprecedented astronomical photometric precision, with many new stellar and planetary discoveries. Professor Rappaport will discuss the discovery of 100 planets with incredibly tight orbits about their host stars; planets that appear to be disintegrating via the emission of dusty effluents; and eclipsing binary stars where the presence of a third star in the system is detected. RSVP to Krystal Gains at krystal.gaines@temple.edu or 215-204-5214.