<Li> Before France adopted the euro as its currency, Saint - Exupéry and drawings from The Little Prince were on the 50 - franc banknote; the artwork was by Swiss designer Roger Pfund . Among the anti-counterfeiting measures on the banknote was micro-printed text from Le Petit Prince, visible with a strong magnifying glass . Additionally, a 100 - franc commemorative coin was also released in 2000, with Saint - Exupéry's image on its obverse, and that of the Little Prince on its reverse . </Li> <Li> In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the writer's untimely death, Israel issued a stamp honoring "Saint - Ex" and The Little Prince in 1994 . Philatelic tributes have been printed in at least 24 other countries as of 2011 . </Li> <Ul> <Li> The B612 Foundation is a private foundation created to track Near - Earth objects that might pose a threat to Earth, and is dedicated to protecting the planet from asteroid strikes, similar to the Tunguska event of 1908 . The private foundation was founded by a group of U.S. scientists and astronauts, including Clark Chapman, Piet Hut, Rusty Schweickart and Ed Lu in October 2002 . The non-profit organization is named in honour of the prince's home asteroid . </Li> <Li> An asteroid discovered in 1975, 2578 Saint - Exupéry, was also named after the author of The Little Prince . </Li> <Li> Another asteroid discovered in 1993 was named 46610 Bésixdouze, which is French for "B six twelve". The asteroid's number, 46610, becomes B612 in hexadecimal notation . B - 612 was the name of the prince's home asteroid . </Li> <Li> In 2003 a small asteroid moon, Petit - Prince, discovered earlier in 1998, was named in part after The Little Prince . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The B612 Foundation is a private foundation created to track Near - Earth objects that might pose a threat to Earth, and is dedicated to protecting the planet from asteroid strikes, similar to the Tunguska event of 1908 . The private foundation was founded by a group of U.S. scientists and astronauts, including Clark Chapman, Piet Hut, Rusty Schweickart and Ed Lu in October 2002 . The non-profit organization is named in honour of the prince's home asteroid . </Li>

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