Editing Robert Fripp (section)

== Awards and honours ==
Asteroid [[81947 Fripp]], discovered by [[Marc Buie]] at [[Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory|Cerro Tololo]] in 2000, was named in his honour.<ref name="MPC-object" /> The official {{MoMP|81947|naming citation}} was published by the [[Minor Planet Center]] on 18 May 2019 ({{small|[[Minor Planet Circulars|M.P.C.]] 114955}}).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />

Fripp is ranked 62nd on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's 2011 list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, having been ranked 42nd by [[David Fricke]] on its 2003 list.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123|title=100 greatest guitarists|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=3 October 2012|year=2012|url-access=subscription|archive-date=30 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230011218/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-19691231/robert-fripp-19691231|title=100 greatest guitarists of all time: David Fricke's picks|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=17 September 2003|access-date=13 October 2012|last=Fricke|first=David|author-link=David Fricke}}</ref> Tied with [[Andrés Segovia]], he is ranked 47th on [[List of Gibson players|Gibson's]] Top 50 guitarists of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Top-50-Guitarists-524/|date=24 May 2010|last=Drozdowski|first=Ted|others=Besides Ted Drozdowski, a panel of other experts and readers|title=Gibson.com Top 50 guitarists of all time–50 to 41|publisher=Gibson.com|access-date=3 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530105529/http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Top-50-Guitarists-524/|archive-date=30 May 2010}}</ref>