(15907) Robot Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 October 1997 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov.
The word “robot” was invented by Czech writer Josef Čapek for an artificial man in the famous play R. U. R. (“Rossum's Universal Robots”) written by his brother Karel Čapek in 1920. Later it became a general term used for automated devices of various kinds.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Robot is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Robot is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15907 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 TG10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 5.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.990 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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