Less than 24 hours after the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of a new asteroid ...
The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.
Astronomers mistook a Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit in 2018 for an asteroid earlier this month. The registry of ...
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Asteroid with potential of smashing into Earth spotted by scientists - before object revealed to be something very differentHarvard astronomers were left red-faced after mistaking Elon Musk's orbiting Tesla Roadster for a potentially dangerous ...
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Astronomers just deleted an asteroid because it turned out to be Elon Musk’s Tesla RoadsterThe case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...
What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through ...
A supposed asteroid turned out to be a Tesla model flying through space as a PR stunt. Such mix-ups are increasingly becoming ...
The Minor Planet Center seemingly mistook Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster for a small body in space earlier this month, much to ...
Musk launched his personal Tesla Roadster into space on February 6, 2018, as a test payload for the Falcon Heavy rocket.
According to the Minor Planet Center's notice regarding the deletion, turns out the object was the Roadster, along with the Falcon Heavy rocket's upper stage. The 2008 Tesla Roadster hitched a ...
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