Chemist
Robert Curl
The third of the buckminsterfullerene team.
Robert Floyd Curl Jr. was an American chemist who was Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Natural Sciences and professor of chemistry at Rice University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of the nanomaterial buckminsterfullerene, and hence the fullerene class of materials, along with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex.
- Born
- 1933-08-23, Alice, USAA Wednesday
- Died
- 2022-07-03, Houston, USAA Sunday, aged 88
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Virgo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1933-08-23, Alice, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 0°05′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 29°43′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 13°06′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 2°38′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 28°21′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 26°20′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 11°44′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 27°14′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 9°32′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 23°58′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2022-07-03, Houston, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 11°45′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 2°16′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 27°00′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 12°45′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 28°54′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 7°42′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 24°35′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 17°51′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 25°26′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 27°44′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Robert Curl 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.