Asteroid? Nope, It’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster Cruising Through Space
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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Elon Musk Launched His Tesla Roadster Into Space 7 Years Ago—It Was Just Seen Again
According to SpaceX’s own calculation, the Roadster completed its first orbit around the Sun in August 2019 and made its ...
Astronomers thought Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster was an asteroid. It points to broader problems tracking objects in deep space
Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes difficult pursuit of tracking deep-space objects.
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Astronomers announce new asteroid before learning it’s actually Tesla Elon Musk launched into space in 2018
The Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of the presumed asteroid on January 2 - even giving it an official name of 2018 CN41 - before issuing an editorial change hours later saying the asteroi ...
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Remember when Elon Musk sent a Tesla into space? Someone just mistook it for an asteroid
Or sign-in if you have an account. An object that was incorrectly identified by an amateur astronomer as an asteroid has turned out to be a Tesla Roadster. Earlier this month, on Jan. 2 ...
Tesla Roadster Mistakenly Classified as Near-Earth Asteroid
The Tesla Roadster, launched by SpaceX in 2018, was mistakenly identified as a near-Earth asteroid, raising concerns over ...
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Musk's Rocket-Powered Tesla Roadster Is MIA, But A Chinese Automaker Unveils A $236k Self-Driving Car That Can Jump Over Potholes And Spikes
Back in 2017, Musk confidently declared that the Tesla Roadster would launch in 2020, setting performance standards no other car could touch. It was supposed to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 1.9 ...