Maria Winkelmann
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 304 years ago |
Date of birth | February 25,1670 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Panitzsch |
Borsdorf | |
Germany | |
Date of died | December 29,1720 |
Died | Berlin |
Germany | |
Residence | Kingdom Of Prussia |
Children | Christfried Kirch |
Margaretha Kirch | |
Nationality | Prussian |
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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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 492724 |
Maria Winkelmann Life story
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.