Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich was a prominent Soviet physicist and physical chemist, born on February 23, 1914, in Minsk, then part of the Russian Empire. He studied at Leningrad State University and the Leningrad Institute of Applied Physics. Zeldovich completed his postgraduate studies at the Chemical Physics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Leningrad in 1934 and later earned a Doctorate in Physical and Mathematical Sciences in 1939. He made significant contributions to physical chemistry and worked in the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
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Meaning of the name - Yakov
heel-holder, supplanter
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Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Minsk
Place of Death: Moscow
Educated At: Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University | Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University | Saint Petersburg State University
Occupation: university teacher | astrophysicist | chemist | inventor | physicist
Children: Boris Yakovlevich Zel'dovich
Employers: Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics | National Research Nuclear University | Moscow State University
Awards Received: ICTP Dirac Medal | Friedmann Prize | Numa Manson Medal | Foreign Member of the Royal Society | Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" | Stalin Prize | "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal | Kurchatov Medal | Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" | Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Order of the October Revolution | Medal "Veteran of Labour" | Order of the Red Banner of Labour | Bruce Medal | Order of the Badge of Honour | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society | Hero of Socialist Labour | Order of Lenin | Lenin Prize
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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 February 23, 1914
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on February 23, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for February 23, 2026 |
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| Sun | 4 Pisces 15 | 5 Pisces 5 | 23 Gemini 43 |
| Moon | 19 Aquarius 41 | 24 Taurus 27 | 24 Pisces 56 |
| Mercury | 22 Pisces 15 | 22 Pisces 1 | 18 Cancer 12 |
| Venus | 7 Pisces 9 | 16 Pisces 37 | 24 Cancer 39 |
| Mars | 6 Cancer 21 | 24 Aquarius 34 | 23 Leo 58 |
| Jupiter | 7 Aquarius 26 | 15 Cancer 29 | 21 Aquarius 57 |
| Saturn | 12 Gemini 3 | 1 Aries 0 | 22 Gemini 36 |
| Uranus | 9 Aquarius 3 | 27 Taurus 38 | 11 Aquarius 14 |
| Neptune | 25 Cancer 53 | 0 Aries 51 | 26 Cancer 41 |
| Pluto | 29 Gemini 8 | 4 Aquarius 23 | 0 Cancer 28 |
| Rahu | 15 Pisces 33 | 9 Pisces 19 | 9 Pisces 37 |
| Ketu | 15 Virgo 33 | 9 Virgo 19 | 9 Virgo 37 |
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