An appositive phrase consists of a group of words that renames or describes the noun beside or next to it. It serves as an additional information to the noun or pronoun it describes. Based on the given sentence above, the appositive phase is "an astronaut" and the noun that it renames or identifies is the word "father". Hope this answer helps.
Currently, there are 538 electors, based on 435 representatives, 100 senators from the fifty states and three electors from Washington, D.C. The six states with the most electors are California (55), Texas (38), New York (29), Florida (29), Illinois (20), and Pennsylvania (20).