1421 Esperanto in the outer asteroid belt at a distance of 2.8–3.4 AU once every 5 years and 5 months (1,983 days; semi-major axis of 3.09 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.08 and an inclination of 10° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its first observation as at Heidelberg Observatory in October 1906, almost 30 years prior to its official discovery observation at Turku. This minor planet was named by the discoverer after the artificial language, Esperanto, which was created by inventor and writer, Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof (1859–1917), who used the pseudonym "Doktoro Esperanto". The
Ludwik Finkel Mościcki. Ludwik Finkel was buried in the Łyczakowski Cemetery. Ludwik Finkel Ludwik Finkel (born 20 March 1858 in Bursztyn, d. 24 October 1930 in Lwów) was a Polish historian, and rector of the Lviv University. From 1878 to 1881 he studied history, philosophy and history of literature at the Lwów University under the tutelage Aleksander Hirschberg, Julian Ochorowicz and Roman Pilat. His master was Ksawery Liske. Good friend of Finkel was Stanisław Lukas. In 1882 he gained a PhD. Topic of his thesis was "Marcin Kromer, historyk polski XVI wieku" (Marcin Kromer, a Polish historian of 16th century). Among his