Astrophysicist
George Smoot
American astrophysicist who found the first ripples in the cosmic microwave background, and a Nobel laureate.
George Fitzgerald Smoot III was an American astrophysicist and cosmologist. He shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics with John C. Mather "for their discovery of the black body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation".
- Born
- 1945-02-20, Yukon, USAA Tuesday
- Died
- 2025-09-18, 7th arrondissement of Paris, FranceA Thursday, aged 80
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1945-02-20, Yukon, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 1°40′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 18°03′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 25°01′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 17°12′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 4°48′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 25°08′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Cancer | 3°59′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini | 9°06′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 5°55′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 8°36′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2025-09-18, 7th arrondissement of Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 25°45′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 15°46′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 29°59′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 28°38′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 27°22′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 20°45′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 28°43′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini | 1°24′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aries | 0°53′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 1°31′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment George Smoot 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.