Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a British astrophysicist who discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967 while she was a postgraduate student. She shares recognition of this discovery with her supervisor, Anthony Hewish. Currently, she serves as the president of the Institute of Physics, a charitable organization aimed at promoting the practice, understanding, and application of science. The announcement of the pulsar discovery had five authors, with Hewish listed first followed by Bell, but she did not receive direct recognition when the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Hewish in 1974.
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Time Zone - Europe/London (2:0 E)
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Meaning of the name - Jocelyn
Joyful, youthful
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Place of Birth: Belfast
Educated At: The Mount School (York) | Murray Edwards College | University of Glasgow
Occupation: astrophysicist | physicist | astronomer
Spouses: Martin Burnell
Children: Gavin Burnell
Employers: The Open University | University of Bath | University College London | University of Southampton
Awards Received: President's Medal | honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta | honorary doctorate from the McGill University | Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | honorary doctor of the University of Sussex | honorary doctor of the University of Valencia | honorary doctor of Durham University | Sven Berggren prize | Esther Hoffman Beller Lectureship | honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales | honorary doctor of the Willamette University | honorary degree of the University of Leeds | Albert A. Michelson Medal | Swarthmore Lecture | Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award | Magellanic Premium | Gold medal of the Spanish National Research Council | honorary doctor of Harvard University | Fellow of the Institute of Physics | J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize | Edinburgh Medal | BBC 100 Women | Fellow of the Royal Society | Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Karl Schwarzschild Medal | Prix Jules Janssen | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science | Herschel Medal | Karl G. Jansky Lectureship | Michael Faraday Prize | Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize | Royal medal | Copley Medal
Astrology Analysis
Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.Ephemeris for July 15, 1943
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on July 15, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for July 15, 2026 |
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| Sun | 22 Cancer 3 | 22 Cancer 57 | 12 Libra 17 |
| Moon | 22 Sagittarius 27 | 6 Leo 59 | 6 Capricorn 46 |
| Mercury | 18 Cancer 48 | 19 Cancer 13 | 25 Virgo 17 |
| Venus | 6 Virgo 8 | 6 Virgo 18 | 5 Virgo 51 |
| Mars | 5 Taurus 7 | 11 Gemini 41 | 19 Gemini 5 |
| Jupiter | 3 Leo 0 | 3 Leo 19 | 20 Leo 16 |
| Saturn | 21 Gemini 2 | 14 Aries 30 | 26 Gemini 57 |
| Uranus | 7 Gemini 21 | 4 Gemini 24 | 8 Gemini 39 |
| Neptune | 29 Virgo 36 | 4 Aries 23 | 2 Libra 13 |
| Pluto | 6 Leo 24 | 4 Aquarius 33 | 8 Leo 29 |
| Rahu | 17 Leo 10 | 1 Pisces 49 | 12 Leo 46 |
| Ketu | 17 Aquarius 10 | 1 Virgo 49 | 12 Aquarius 46 |
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Astrology Transits Analysis for Year 2026
Jocelyn Bell Burnell's 2026 Transits to Natal Planets
- Jupiter conjunction Mercury
Exact: 11 January, 2026 - Mars square Mars
Exact: 31 January, 2026 - Mars aspects Venus
Exact: 31 January, 2026 - Ketu conjunction Venus
Exact: 11 April, 2026 - Jupiter conjunction Mercury
Exact: 01 May, 2026 - Jupiter conjunction Sun
Exact: 21 May, 2026 - Mars square Rahu
Exact: 10 June, 2026 - Jupiter conjunction Jupiter
Exact: 20 July, 2026 - Mars conjunction Saturn
Exact: 30 July, 2026 - Mars opposition Moon
Exact: 30 July, 2026 - Mars aspects Ketu
Exact: 08 September, 2026 - Jupiter conjunction Rahu
Exact: 18 September, 2026 - Jupiter opposition Ketu
Exact: 18 September, 2026 - Jupiter trine Moon
Exact: 18 October, 2026 - Mars conjunction Rahu
Exact: 28 October, 2026 - Mars opposition Ketu
Exact: 28 October, 2026 - Mars conjunction Venus
Exact: 17 December, 2026
