Talk:B612 Foundation

2010
So what does "B612" mean?


 * "B612 is the asteroid home of the Little Prince in Antoine de Saint-Exupery's child's story The Little Prince." 78.62.184.165 (talk) 15:50, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Need to trim down
Boy, does this article smack of peacock language and puffery. Due in part to the laudatory language, it is far too long. We've got to cut it down to a decent size. Bearian (talk) 12:57, 14 October 2014 (UTC)


 * I don't know if this is where to put this, but this whole entry reads like it's from their corporate website. What is this and why is it on Wikipedia? Bmcgowan89 (talk) 01:59, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Design and operation
The material in this section is more robust than in the actual article for the satellite. Could this be ported to that article as well? Kortoso (talk) 19:44, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

2019 Sentinal Telescope project cancelled in June 2017
According to the article Sentinel Space Telescope, that project became defunct in 2017. The long section in this article can be reduced to a footnote.Twang (talk) 05:53, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

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Asteroid impact avoidance in solar system
B612 foundation has focused a lot on avoiding asteroid impact on earth. However, avoiding asteroid impact on other planets in the solar system seems just as important. The idea is that if another planet is hit by a large enough asteroid to pull it out of orbit, those altered pull/repel forces of those planets may also alter the orbit of the earth, as it is kept in balance by their pull/repel forces. Change of that happening seems way higher then just the chance of the earth itself being hit by a (large) asteroid.

Has B612 foundation already made papers on that (which can thus be mentioned here) ?

Another thing I'm thinking of is that the creation of a lunar base could (in the future) also help in improving the capability of deflecting asteroids which could potentially impact earth or other nearby planets in the solar system, as the launch of missiles or crafts that can alter the asteroid trajectory will be easier (and they may get much more kinetic energy, due to absence air resistance at launch). --Genetics4good (talk) 17:05, 4 June 2021 (UTC)