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Robert Kraft

American astronomer (1927-2015)

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About Robert Kraft

Robert Paul Kraft was an American astronomer. He performed pioneering work on Cepheid variables, stellar rotation, novae, and the chemical evolution of the Milky Way. His name is also associated with the Kraft break: the abrupt change in the average rotation rate of main sequence stars around spectral type F8.

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Occupation: astronomer, astrophysicist, university teacher
Position held: president
Citizenship: United States
Born: June 16, 1927, 1927
Died: May 26, 2015, 2015

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