Johann Leonhard Rost
{{Short description|German astronomer (1688–1727)}}
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Johann Leonhard Rost (12 February 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.
His brother Johannes Carolus Rost was a famous doctor from Nuremberg, he is mostly known to be the personal doctor of Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg.
Bibliography
- Meletaon, "Schau-Platz der gelährten und galanten Welt", 1711.
- Meletaon, "Die Unglückseelige Atalanta", 1717.
- Rost, J. L., "Atlas Portatilis Coelestis", 1723.
External links
- [http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/ref/collection/astro_atlas/id/849 Atlas Portatilis Coelestis, 1723] - Full digital facsimile, Linda Hall Library.
- [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/resources/rost-johann-l.html Biography & Bibliography by Hans Gaab and Olaf Simons]
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Category:18th-century German astronomers
Category:Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences
Category:Scientists from Nuremberg
Category:University of Altdorf alumni
Category:Leipzig University alumni
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