1462 Zamenhof monument or a place celebrating Zamenhof). The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center before November 1977 (). 1462 Zamenhof 1462 Zamenhof, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 27 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 6 February 1938, by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at the Iso-Heikkilä Observatory in Finland. The asteroid was named after L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto. It is a recognized Zamenhof-Esperanto object. "Zamenhof" is a Themistian asteroid that belongs to the Themis family (), a very large family of carbonaceous
Samuel Ludwik Zasadius Samuel Ludwik Zasadius Samuel Ludwik Zasadius or "Zasadyus", "Sassadius" (c. 1695–1756) was a Polish religious writer, pastor and author of popular sermons and prayer-books. He was also known for propagating Polishness in Cieszyn Silesia. Zasadius was born c. 1695 in Komorzno as the son of a Polish pastor. He studied in Wittenberg and Jena. In the years of 1721–1730 Zasadius was a deacon and preacher of Jesus Church in Cieszyn. He led educational activity, published Polish magazines and learned the Polish language. In 1730 he was expelled (with pastors Johann Adam Steinmetz and Jan Muthmann) from the Austrian monarchy for