Johann Leonhard Rost
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Johann Leonhard Rost (14 August 1688 – 22 March 1727) was a German astronomer and author from Nuremberg. He wrote under the alias Meletaon.
The crater Rost on the Moon is named after him.
Bibliography
- Meletaon, "Schau-Platz der gelährten und galanten Welt", 1711.
- Meletaon, "Die Unglückseelige Atalanta", 1717.
- Rost, J. L., "Atlas Portatilis Coelestis", 1723.
External links
- Atlas Portatilis Coelestis - full digital facsimile, Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, & Technology.
- Biography & Bibliography by Hans Gaab and Olaf Simons
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