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An Amateur Astronomer Seemingly Spotted a New Asteroid. It Turned Out to Be a Tesla in Space
The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...
Astronomers make a huge mistake and confuse a new asteroid with Elon Musk’s Tesla: “It turned out to be space junk”
The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (United States) had to withdraw the discovery when it realized that it was a ...
Space object or sports car? How a Tesla Roadster was briefly mistaken for an asteroid
What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through ...
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Mistaken For A Minor Celestial Body
The Minor Planet Center seemingly mistook Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster for a small body in space earlier this month, much to ...
Mysterious New Asteroid Turns Out To Be Tesla Roadster in Space
The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.
Astronomers announce discovery of new asteroid — only to learn it’s a Tesla sports car hurling through space
The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., officially registered the new space rock Jan. 2, saying it was spotted hurling ...
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Mysterious 'asteroid' orbiting Planet Earth is actually Elon Musk's car
A brand new mysterious 'asteroid' is causing confusion after it was spotted and submitted by an amateur astronomer, before ...
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Asteroid or Artifact? How a Tesla Roadster Caused a Cosmic Misidentification
Avi Loeb shares the story of how a Tesla Roadster had some astronomers convinced for a time that they had discovered a new ...
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Astronomers thought they’d discovered new asteroid in space but quickly realized the truth behind it
Astronomers were left less than impressed when they uncovered the truth about an asteroid they'd been keeping an eye on. On ...