Physicist
Hans Bethe
Worked out how stars produce their energy, led theory at Los Alamos, and campaigned against nuclear weapons for fifty years.
Hans Albrecht Eduard Bethe was a German-American physicist who made major contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics and solid-state physics, and received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1967 for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. For most of his career, Bethe was a professor at Cornell University.
- Born
- 1906-07-02, Strasbourg, FranceA Monday
- Died
- 2005-03-06, Ithaca, USAA Sunday, aged 98
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1906-07-02, Strasbourg, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
Europe/ParisThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 9°39′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 18°15′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 2°28′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 14°02′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 13°40′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 23°49′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 15°00′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 6°22′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 10°06′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 22°39′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2005-03-06, Ithaca, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 16°13′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 25°49′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 2°39′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 10°05′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 19°53′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 17°14′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Cancer | 20°36′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 7°17′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 16°12′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 24°23′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Hans Bethe 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.