Physicist
Leo Esaki
The tunnel diode, and quantum tunnelling in a device you can buy.
Leo Esaki is a Japanese physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ivar Giaever and Brian Josephson for his work on tunneling in semiconductors, which led to his invention of the tunnel diode that exploits this phenomenon. His research was done when he was with Sony. He has also contributed in being a pioneer of semiconductor superlattices.
- Born
- 1925-03-12, Takaida, JapanA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Libra
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1925-03-12, Takaida, Japan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Tokyothe zone used then
Asia/TokyoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 21°02′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 9°29′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 27°14′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 10°06′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 22°20′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 17°25′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 14°02′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 21°26′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 20°25′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 11°26′ | Retrograde |
Leo Esaki 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 Leo Esaki 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.