Physicist
Gerhard Ertl
Surface chemistry, and how a catalytic converter actually works.
Gerhard Ertl is a German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. Ertl's research laid the foundation of modern surface chemistry, which has helped explain how fuel cells produce energy without pollution, how catalytic converters clean up car exhausts and even why iron rusts, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
- Born
- 1936-10-10, Stuttgart, GermanyA Saturday
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1936-10-10, Stuttgart, Germany · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Berlinthe zone used then
Europe/BerlinThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 16°57′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 21°44′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 1°23′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 14°21′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 8°35′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 19°39′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 17°05′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 8°24′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 17°37′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 28°40′ | Direct |
Gerhard Ertl is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Gerhard Ertl 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.