What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through the cosmos.
Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...
According to SpaceX’s own calculation, the Roadster completed its first orbit around the Sun in August 2019 and made its ...
A space law expert has said Elon Musk could be in deep trouble his personal Tesla car crashed back into the planet.
Less than 24 hours after the Minor Planet Center announced a new asteroid, it said the object was actually Musk's electric ...
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An Amateur Astronomer Seemingly Spotted a New Asteroid. It Turned Out to Be a Tesla in SpaceThe car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...
Space on MSN10d
When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into space years ago by SpaceX ...
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) seemingly mistook billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. TSLA Roadster for a small body in space earlier this month, much to the fascination of the billionaire.
Newsweek on MSN14d
Mysterious New Asteroid Turns Out To Be Tesla Roadster in SpaceThe newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.
The Register on MSN14d
Astronomers red-faced after mistaking Musk's Tesla Roadster for asteroidScientists mistook Elon Musk's Tesla roadster for an asteroid in a debacle that highlights the problem of tracking near-Earth objects.
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