German astronomer (1688–1727)
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Johann Leonhard Rost (12 February 1688 – 22 March 1727) was a Germanastronomer and author fromNuremberg. He wrote under the aliasMeletaon.
The craterRost on theMoon is named after him.
His brotherJohannes Carolus Rost was a famous doctor from Nuremberg, he is mostly known to be the personal doctor of Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg.
- 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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