Maria Winkelmann
By Brandon Palomo
What time period was she in ?
She lived in the 16th and 17th century.
What did she do ?
She was the most famous of the female astronomers in Germany. She was a self taught astronome, she began practicing when she married Gottfried Kirch, Prussia's foremost a
astronomer.
What were her contributions?
She was the first woman that discovered a comet.But most of her contribution were rejected due to her being a woman.