Abrahão De Moraes (1916–1970) was a Brazilian

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. Astronomers observe astronomical objects, such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, galax ...

and mathematician. He taught at the

Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo The Escola Politécnica of the University of São Paulo (or the Engineering School of the University of São Paulo, Portuguese: Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo) (usually called Poli, Poli-USP or EPUSP) is an engineering school a ...

and also served as director of the . The (OAM) is named after him. Founded in 1972, it is situated in the municipality of

Valinhos Valinhos () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality (''município'') in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the birthplace of Adoniran Barbosa. Valinhos is famous for its purple fig, the theme of its annual Fig Fest. It is part of the Met ...

, 90 km from

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. The crater De Moraes on the

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is named after him.De Moraes (Moon)
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Observatório Abrahão de Moraes
1916 births 1970 deaths Brazilian astronomers 20th-century astronomers Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni {{astronomer-stub