# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbel-kosters-lucchitta
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:59:00.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbel-kosters-lucchitta"
name: "Bärbel Kösters Lucchitta"
slug: "barbel-kosters-lucchitta"
description: "Baerbel Kösters Lucchitta is a scientist emeritus at the Astrogeology Science Center at the USGS and one of the first women in the field of Astrogeology. She was one of the people responsible of making lunar maps for the Apollo 11 mission. During her career, she was dedicated to mapping the Moon, Mars, Europa and the Galilean Satellites, and Antarctica. The Lucchitta Glacier is named after her work in Antarctica, and the Asteroid 4569 Baerbel is named after her work in planetary geology."
tagline: "German astrogeologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Baerbel_Lucchitta.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1938-10-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           32.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.401476
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A4rbel_K%C3%B6sters_Lucchitta"
    title: "Bärbel Kösters Lucchitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A4rbel_K%C3%B6sters_Lucchitta"
    title: "Bärbel Kösters Lucchitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baerbel_Lucchitta"
    title: "Baerbel Lucchitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%84_%D9%84%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%A7"
    title: "بربل لوچیٹا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A4rbel_Lucchitta"
    title: "Bärbel Lucchitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1019034"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump