Physicist
Leon M. Lederman
The muon neutrino and the bottom quark, and the phrase the God particle.
Leon Max Lederman was an American experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988, along with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, for research on neutrinos. He also received the Wolf Prize in Physics in 1982, along with Martin Lewis Perl, for research on quarks and leptons. Lederman was director emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois. He founded the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, in Aurora, Illinois in 1986, where he was resident scholar emeritus from 2012 until his death in 2018.
- Born
- 1922-07-15, New York City, USAA Saturday
- Died
- 2018-10-03, Rexburg, USAA Wednesday, aged 96
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1922-07-15, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 22°21′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 5°24′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 2°11′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 0°36′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 11°06′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Libra | 11°10′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 2°15′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 13°19′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 14°48′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 9°54′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2018-10-03, Rexburg, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Boisethe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 10°28′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 28°06′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 19°59′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 10°45′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 7°03′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 22°35′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 3°08′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 1°21′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 14°23′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 18°45′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Leon M. Lederman 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.