1262 Sniadeckia was discovered in the site of Uccle Obs by Adolphe Quetelet, and it was named after Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer.
1262 Sniadeckia, provisional designation 1933 FE, is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the asteroid belt's outer regions, approximately 54 kilometers in diameter. Uccle Obs. It was first established in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in 1826 by William I under the impulse of Adolphe Quetelet. The asteroid was named for Polish astronomer Jan Sniadecki. 
