 Maria Margaretha Kirch

Maria Margaretha Kirch (née Winkelmann) was a notable German astronomer in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Born in 1670, she is often remembered as one of the first women to work in the field of astronomy. Kirch made significant contributions to observational astronomy and was known for her work on the study of comets. She was the wife of the astronomer Gottfried Kirch, and together they worked at the Berlin Academy of Sciences.