3428 Roberts

Summary

3428 Roberts is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3428 Roberts is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].
• 3428 Roberts's image is recorded as 003428-asteroid shape model (3428) Roberts.png^[4].
• 3428 Roberts's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 3428 Roberts's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goethe Link Observatory^[6].
• Walter Orr Roberts is named after 3428 Roberts^[7].
• 3428 Roberts's follows is recorded as 3427 Szentmártoni^[8].
• 3428 Roberts's followed by is recorded as 3429 Chuvaev^[9].
• 3428 Roberts's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 3428 Roberts's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 3428 Roberts's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 JH^[12].
• 3428 Roberts's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 KB^[13].
• 3428 Roberts's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 YQ1^[14].
• 3428 Roberts's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 JH2^[15].
• 3428 Roberts's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 TD15^[16].
• 3428 Roberts's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 FR1^[17].
• 3428 Roberts's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1952-05-01T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 3428 Roberts's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y85qc^[19].
• 3428 Roberts's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003428^[20].
• 3428 Roberts's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 3428 Roberts's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[22].
• 3428 Roberts's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1658592'}^[23].
• 3428 Roberts's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1615587611818664'}^[24].
• 3428 Roberts's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.1'}^[25].
• 3428 Roberts's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.3'}^[26].
• 3428 Roberts's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.841'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3428 Roberts's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Walter Orr Roberts is named after 3428 Roberts^[7].

Why It Matters

3428 Roberts ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]