Johann Leonhard Rost

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, 1723 - Full digital facsimile, Linda Hall Library.
• Biography & Bibliography by Hans Gaab and Olaf Simons