been the leader of several space projects and the manager of the "Space Transport and Space Technology" program at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). He initiated the DLR Compact Satellite Program, including the AsteroidFinder mission that will be searching for inner-earth objects || |-id=870 | 27870 Jillwatson || 1995 VW || Jill Watson, American graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, first assigned to AMOS (the discovery site) on Maui || |-id=879 | 27879 Shibata || || Shinpei Shibata, Japanese astrophysicist || |-id=895 | 27895 Yeduzheng || 1996 LL || Ye Du-zheng (born 1916), a Meteorologist || |-id=896 | 27896 Tourminator || 1996 NB || Peter Sagan (born 1990) is a Slovak road cyclist. One of his nicknames is the Tourminator due to several stage wins and good placing in the points classification of top races. He was a winner of the Green jersey in the Tour de France in 2012, 2013 and 2014. || |-id=899 | 27899 Letterman || 1996 QF || David M. Letterman (born 1947), a seven-time Emmy-winning American comedian, actor and producer. || |-id=900 | 27900 Cecconi || 1996 RM || Massimo Cecconi (born 1965) has worked on the GAIA mission and for the International Space Station. || |} 27901–28000 |-id=915 | 27915 Nancywright || || Nancy Wright, friend of the discoverer || |-id=917 | 27917 Edoardo || || Edoardo Tesi, grandson of Luciano Tesi † || |-id=918 | 27918 Azusagawa || || Azusagawa, a 65-km-long river which flows from the Hida mountain range, the so-called Northern Alps, through Matumoto city, Nagano prefecture, Japan. || |-id=922 | 27922 Mascheroni || || Lorenzo Mascheroni, Italian mathematician || |-id=923 | 27923 Dimitribartolini || || Dimitri Bartolini (born 2015) is the grandson of the first discoverer. || |-id=928 | 27928 Nithintumma || || Nithin Reddy Tumma (born 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, and was awarded first place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, for his biochemistry project. || |-id=930 | 27930 Nakamatsu || || Kathy Nakamatsu mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. || |-id=931 | 27931 Zeitlin-Trinkle || || Maria Zeitlin-Trinkle mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors. || |-id=932 | 27932 Leonyao || || Leon Yao (born 1994) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search, a science