Dr Roberta Anne 'Bobbie' Vaile (25 June 1959 – 13 November 1996) was an Australian astrophysicist and senior lecturer in physics at the Faculty of Business and Technology at the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur.
She earned her Ph.D. at the University of New South Wales with a thesis entitled "The Corona Australis Complex" in 1989.
Other published papers include: - Seth Shostak, Ron Ekers, Roberta Vaile, 1996.
A Search for Artificial Signals from the Small Magellanic Cloud The Astronomical Journal 112, 164-166.
The binary main-belt asteroid 6708 Bobbievaile, discovered by Australian astronomer Robert McNaught in 1989 was also named in her memory.