Physicist
Luis Walter Alvarez
Nobel laureate in particle physics who later proposed, with his son, that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs.
Luis Walter Alvarez was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for his discovery of resonance states in particle physics using the hydrogen bubble chamber. In 2007 the American Journal of Physics commented, "Luis Alvarez was one of the most brilliant and productive experimental physicists of the twentieth century."
- Born
- 1911-06-13, San Francisco, USAA Tuesday
- Died
- 1988-09-01, Berkeley, USAA Thursday, aged 77
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1911-06-13, San Francisco, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
America/Los_AngelesThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 21°39′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 12°39′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 1°12′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 5°29′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 7°54′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 5°12′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Taurus | 15°05′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 28°44′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 20°10′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 27°17′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1988-09-01, Berkeley, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 9°32′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 22°33′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 2°45′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 24°04′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 11°11′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 5°16′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 25°56′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 27°02′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 7°29′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 10°17′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Luis Walter Alvarez 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.