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 ...
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Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed TeslaAstronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla ...
Space law academic states recent misidentification of asteroid—it was a Tesla Roadster heading to Mars!—reminds Earth ...
The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.
Less than 24 hours after the Minor Planet Center announced a new asteroid, it said the object was actually Musk's electric ...
quickly retracted the findings after discovering the object was a 2010 Tesla Roadster. Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the Roadster into space in February 2018 as the dummy payload for the Falcon Heavy’s ...
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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 ...
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When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.The discovery of a new asteroid this month has turned out to be Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster launched by SpaceX in 2018.
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From Asteroid threat to space oddity: Scientists mistake Tesla Roadster for dangerous celestial bodyHarvard-affiliated astronomers mistook Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster for an asteroid near Earth. Initially flagged as "2018 CN41 ...
Musk launched his personal Tesla Roadster into space on February 6, 2018, as a test payload for the Falcon Heavy rocket.
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