'Planet killer' asteroids are hiding in the sun's glare. Can we stop them in time?

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In the glare of the sun, an unknown number of near-Earth asteroids move on unseen orbits. A new generation of space telescopes could be our best defense against potential disaster.

'Planet killer' asteroids are hiding in the sun's glare. Can we stop them in time? : Read more

 

[Viktor Vasylyev]

What about the fact that the B 612 Foundation, for several hundred million dollars received from sponsors, several years ago ordered to the Ball Aerospace company the corresponding space telescope, which received name Sentinel, which was completely manufactured? It was practically ready to be launched into a near-Venus orbit, as the most effective from the point of view of eliminating the interfering influence of the Sun. This was written about in detail in an 2015-year article by the former manager of this company, Harold Reitsema:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/sentinels-mission-to-find-500000-nearearth-asteroids