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Maria Winkelmann, his wife, actually discovered the comet in 1702. It was originally published as the Kirch Comet, where it was assumed that Gottfried made the discovery. Whether this was out of embarrassment at being bested by a female or personal gain is unknown. However, he gave credit of the discovery to Maria in 1710, but it was never named after her, as was normally the custom.

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