Physicist
Norris Bradbury
Ran Los Alamos for twenty five years after Oppenheimer.
Norris Edwin Bradbury was an American physicist who served as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 25 years from 1945 to 1970. He succeeded Robert Oppenheimer, who personally chose Bradbury for the position of director after working closely with him on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Bradbury was in charge of the final assembly of "the Gadget", detonated in July 1945 for the Trinity test.
- Born
- 1909-05-30, Santa Barbara, USAA Sunday
- Died
- 1997-08-20, Los Alamos, USAA Wednesday, aged 88
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Libra
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1909-05-30, Santa Barbara, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 8°43′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 20°05′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 27°22′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 17°17′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 3°01′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 5°47′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 19°43′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 20°35′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 15°25′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 24°55′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1997-08-20, Los Alamos, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Denverthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 27°44′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 0°09′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 15°49′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Libra | 3°44′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 3°57′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 15°33′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aries | 20°03′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 5°50′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 27°47′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 2°50′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Norris Bradbury 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.
