and served as its director until 1859. Observing with the Reichenbach meridian circle he made a catalogue of 220 fundamental stars as a revision of Piazzi's work. This allowed him to discover the variability of some of the proper motions || |-id=968 | 27968 Bobylapointe || || Boby Lapointe, French singer and mathematician. || |-id=974 | 27974 Drejsl || 1997 UH || Radim Drejsl, Czech composer † || |-id=975 | 27975 Mazurkiewicz || || Stefan Mazurkiewicz, Polish mathematician || |-id=977 | 27977 Distratis || || Cosimo Distratis, Italian supporter of the amateur observatory at Montefusco Uggiano in Italy † || |-id=978 | 27978 Lubosluka || || Luboš Sluka, Czech composer † || |-id=982 | 27982 Atsushimiyazaki || || Atsushi Miyazaki (1970–2011), a staff member of Association for Aid and Relief, Japan, died while engaging in relief activities to support the survivors of the 2011 Van earthquake. || |-id=983 | 27983 Bernardi || || Fabrizio Bernardi, Italian astronomer || |-id=984 | 27984 Herminefranz || 1997 VN || Hermine and Franz Stoss, parents of the discoverer, Banat-born German amateur astronomer Rainer Michael Stoss † || |-id=985 | 27985 Remanzacco || || Remanzacco, Italy, location of the Osservatorio di Remanzacco, an amateur observatory || |-id=986 | 27986 Hanuš || || Jan Hanuš, Czech composer † || |-id=988 | 27988 Menabrea || || Luigi Federico Menabrea, Italian (Piedmontese) mathematician and statesman || |-id=991 | 27991 Koheijimiura || || Koheiji Miura (1933–2006), an internationally known Japanese ceramic artist. || |-id=997 | 27997 Bandos || || Bandos, a small island located in the North Male Atoll in the Republic of Maldives. || |} References 027001-028000