Kepler de Souza Oliveira

A member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, he is currently a professor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).[1] Born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Kepler obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984.[4] Together with Antonio Nemmer Kanaan Neto and other researchers, he is the co-discoverer of BPM37093, the "Diamond Star", a crystallized carbon-oxygen core pulsating white dwarf.With Detlev Koester and Gustavo Ourique, he discovered SDSSJ1240+6710, an oxygen white dwarf, "Dox".[5] Together with Maria de Fátima Oliveira Saraiva, he is the author of the book and site Astronomia e Astrofísica.
astronomerwhite dwarfsvariable starsmagnetarsBrazilian Academy of SciencesUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulSalvador, Bahia, BrazilUniversity of Texas at AustinG117-B15Aatomic clockThe Astrophysical JournalAssociation of Universities for Research in AstronomyGemini ObservatorySDSSJ1240+6710Wayback MachineBibcode