Maria Winkelmann Kirch Maria Winkelmann Kirch was a German
astronomer who lived between 1670-1720. She discovered the comet
of 1702. She also published a paper in 1712 on the conjunction
of Jupiter and Saturn. Maria worked with her husband, Gottfried
Kirch in making calendars and ephemerides (tables showing
positions of the planets, Sun, and Moon). Shop Windows to the
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