Physicist
Wilhelm Wien
The displacement law that tells you a star's temperature from its colour.
Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien was a German physicist who used theories about heat and electromagnetism to deduce Wien's displacement law, which calculates the emission of a blackbody at any temperature from the emission at any one reference temperature.
- Born
- 1864-01-13, Parusnoye, RussiaA Wednesday
- Died
- 1928-08-30, Munich, GermanyA Thursday, aged 64
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1864-01-13, Parusnoye, Russia · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Kaliningradthe zone used then
Europe/KaliningradThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 22°34′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 20°14′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 10°38′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 8°41′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 19°28′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 22°29′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 17°53′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 21°52′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aries | 3°33′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Taurus | 10°23′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1928-08-30, Munich, Germany · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Berlinthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 6°48′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 28°34′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 19°42′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 23°12′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 13°00′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 10°25′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 12°38′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 6°31′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 29°13′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 17°54′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Wilhelm Wien 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.