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"The Search for Extrasolar Planets and Stellar Seismology with the COROT Satellite"

by Dr. Marcelo Emilio (State University of Ponta Grossa - Brazil)

The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy will hold a UH/IfA Maui Maikalani Community Lecture, the third in a series of free monthly public talks on Maui, on Friday, December 14 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at its new building, Maikalani, in Pukalani. Dr. Marcelo Emilio's topic will be "The Search for Extrasolar Planets and Stellar Seismology with the COROT Satellite."

Dr. Marcelo Emilio received doctorate in astronomy from São Paulo University (Brazil) in 2001. He is a professor at the State University of Ponta Grossa (Brazil) and a visiting scientist at Maikalani. His area of specialization is solar physics, and he also has a special interest in astronomy education.

The address of Maikalani, also known as the Advanced Technology Research Center, is 34 Ohia Ku Street, Pukalani, above Kamehameha Schools in the Kulamalu Town Center (the first light after King Kekaulike High School, just off Kula Highway). For a map, go to http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/maps/Maui-ATRC.html

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J.D. Armstrong, 808-573-9519, jd@ifa.hawaii.edu, http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/MauiLectures/Emilio-12-07.html

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