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Maria Winkelmann

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Gender Female
Death304 years ago
Date of birth February 25,1670
Zodiac sign Pisces
Born Panitzsch
Borsdorf
Germany
Date of died December 29,1720
DiedBerlin
Germany
ResidenceKingdom Of Prussia
Children Christfried Kirch
Margaretha Kirch
NationalityPrussian
German
Job Astronomer
Discovered C/1702 H1
Current partner Gottfried Kirch
Awards Gold medal of Royal Academy of Sciences, Berlin (1709)
Spouse Gottfried Kirch
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Maria Margaretha Kirch was a German astronomer. She was one of the first famous astronomers of her period due to her writing on the conjunction of the sun with Saturn, Venus, and Jupiter in 1709 and 1712 respectively.

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