Chemist
Raymond Davis Jr.
Counted solar neutrinos in a tank of cleaning fluid in a gold mine.
Raymond Davis Jr. was an American chemist and physicist. He is best known as the leader of the Homestake experiment in the 1960s-1980s, which was the first experiment to detect neutrinos emitted from the Sun; for this he shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- Born
- 1914-10-14, Washington, D.C., USAA Wednesday
- Died
- 2006-05-31, New York City, USAA Wednesday, aged 91
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1914-10-14, Washington, D.C., USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 20°30′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 18°29′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 15°12′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 3°18′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 10°26′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 12°29′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 2°20′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 7°41′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 0°20′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 2°12′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2006-05-31, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 10°03′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 3°40′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 24°46′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 2°29′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 28°07′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 10°48′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Leo | 7°02′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 14°35′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 19°47′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 25°50′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Raymond Davis Jr. 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.