Physicist
Arno Allan Penzias
Detected the cosmic microwave background by accident while trying to eliminate noise from an antenna, and won the Nobel Prize for it.
Arno Allan Penzias was an American physicist and radio astronomer. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert Woodrow Wilson "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation".
- Born
- 1933-04-26, Munich, GermanyA Wednesday
- Died
- 2024-01-22, San Francisco, USAA Monday, aged 90
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1933-04-26, Munich, Germany · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Berlinthe zone used then
Europe/BerlinThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 5°45′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 24°22′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 9°20′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 7°00′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 2°02′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 13°35′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 15°37′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 24°04′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 7°31′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 21°20′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2024-01-22, San Francisco, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 2°17′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 29°01′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 10°41′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 29°20′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 13°39′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 6°27′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 5°24′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 19°05′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 25°31′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 0°03′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Arno Allan Penzias was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.