Maria Cunitz memorial in Świdnica (Poland)
Quote: She was called "the new Hypatia", due to her knowledge and interest in solving astronomical problems.
Place of birth: Wołów (Poland)
Quick bio:
She spoke six languages and she was interested in math, music, history, and painting.
Despite the lack of money which did not allow her to use the proper equipment to observe the sky, she predicted the position of the planets (latitude and longitude) through calculations.
In "Urania Propitia" she revised Kepler's work (Tabulae Rudolphinae) and integrated it with her data. She proposed a solution for the determination of the position of a planet in its orbit as a function of time.
Cunitz is considered the most notable female astronomer of the early modern era.
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