Physicist
Burton Richter
Found the J/psi particle, on the same day as a rival team.
Burton Richter was an American physicist. He led the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) team which co-discovered the J/ψ meson in 1974, alongside the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) team led by Samuel Ting for which they won Nobel Prize for Physics in 1976. This discovery was part of the November Revolution of particle physics. He was the SLAC director from 1984 to 1999.
- Born
- 1931-03-22, New York City, USAA Sunday
- Died
- 2018-07-18, Palo Alto, USAA Wednesday, aged 87
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, 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
1931-03-22, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 1°06′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 8°12′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 7°49′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 19°21′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 28°34′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 10°49′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 21°52′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 14°30′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 3°41′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 18°42′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2018-07-18, Palo Alto, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 26°06′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 13°18′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 21°16′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 9°37′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 6°20′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 13°26′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 4°20′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 2°23′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 16°15′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 19°51′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Burton Richter 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.