Johann Leonhard Rost

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Johann Leonhard Rost (1688–1727) was a German astronomer and author.

He wrote under the alias Meletaon.

Rost crater on the Moon was named after him.

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  • Meletaon, "Schau-Platz der gelährten und galanten Welt", 1711.
  • Meletaon, "Die Unglückseelige Atalanta", 1717.
  • Rost, J. L., "Atlas Portatilis Coelestis", 1723.

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