1462 Zamenhof (). According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, "Zamenhof" measures between 25.91 and 27.645 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.087 and 0.121. The "Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link" derives an albedo of 0.0891 and a diameter of 25.62 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 11.2. This minor planet was named after L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist and creator of Esperanto, a constructed international language. This asteroid and 1421 Esperanto are considered to be the most remote Zamenhof-Esperanto objects (a
Ludwik Maciej Ludwik Maciej Ludwik Maciej (May 16, 1915 – March 12, 2007) was a Polish military pilot, who participated in World War II. Son of Jan and Anna (née Donocik), Ludwik Maciej graduated from Primary School in his hometown of Dziedzice and continued his education in a Grammar School in Bielsko (presently Nicolas Copernicus High School in Bielsko-Biała). During his school years he played football for 'Grażyna', which was part of the 'Sokół' ("Falcon") Polish Gymnastic Society. Having voluntarily joined the military forces in 1935, he took his military oath and after becoming a qualified pilot, he joined the 2nd Air