Riccardo Giacconi is an Italian-American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002 for his research that contributed to the establishment of X-ray astronomy. He was born on October 6, 1931. Giacconi served as a professor of physics at the University of Milan from 1991 to 1999 and as the director general of the European Southern Observatory in Germany from 1993 to 1999. After returning to the United States in 1999, he became president of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy and oversees research at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
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Meaning of the name - Riccardo
rich ruler, powerful leader
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Riccardo Giacconi belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Place of Birth: Genoa
Place of Death: San Diego
Educated At: University of Milan
Occupation: visual artist | university teacher | astrophysicist | physicist | astronomer
Spouses: Mirella Giacconi
Employers: Johns Hopkins University | Harvard University | European Southern Observatory
Awards Received: Great Immigrants Award | honorary doctor of the University of Padua | honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala | NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal | Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic | Marcel Grossmann Award | Karl Schwarzschild Medal | Henry Norris Russell Lectureship | Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy | Elliott Cresson Medal | Wolf Prize in Physics | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society | National Medal of Science | Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics | Bruce Medal | Fulbright Scholarship | Nobel Prize in Physics
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Ephemeris for October 6, 1931
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on October 6, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for October 6, 2025 |
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| Sun | 12 Libra 28 | 13 Libra 41 | 17 Capricorn 13 |
| Moon | 5 Leo 47 | 7 Aries 24 | 26 Capricorn 15 |
| Mercury | 3 Libra 27 | 0 Scorpio 1 | 24 Sagittarius 1 |
| Venus | 20 Libra 5 | 21 Virgo 6 | 17 Aquarius 13 |
| Mars | 13 Scorpio 12 | 9 Scorpio 46 | 22 Capricorn 44 |
| Jupiter | 16 Leo 33 | 23 Cancer 8 | 20 Leo 56 |
| Saturn | 17 Capricorn 5 | 27 Pisces 13 | 24 Capricorn 53 |
| Uranus | 17 Aries 34 | 1 Gemini 6 | 15 Aries 30 |
| Neptune | 6 Virgo 52 | 0 Aries 23 | 7 Virgo 45 |
| Pluto | 22 Cancer 6 | 1 Aquarius 22 | 21 Cancer 8 |
| Rahu | 4 Aries 51 | 16 Pisces 44 | 29 Pisces 52 |
| Ketu | 4 Libra 51 | 16 Virgo 44 | 29 Virgo 52 |
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