Maria Winkelmann Kirch
Maria Winkelmann Kirch was a German astronomer who lived between 1670-1720. She
discovered the comet of 1702.
Maria worked with her husband, Gottfried Kirch in making calendars and
tables showing positions of the planets, Sun, and Moon.
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