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Scientists Found a New 'Asteroid' Orbiting Too Close to Earth — Turns Out, It Was Elon Musk’s Car
As strange as that sounds, the car was launched in February 2018 and attached to the Falcon Heavy upper-stage booster.
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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 CEO Elon Musk. The company sent the car (with a spacesuit-clad mannequin ...
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Mystery 'asteroid' in Earth's orbit that baffled experts turns out to be Elon Musk's car
Earlier this month, they announced its discovery, initially designating it as a new asteroid named 2018 CN41. It was classified as a Near-Earth Object (NEO) after it was seen orbiting within ...
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Elon Musk's Tesla Is Still Floating in Space After 7 Years
The red Tesla Roadster was mistaken for an undiscovered asteroid by astronomers.
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Asteroid discovered was revealed to be Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and was cancelled
naming it '2018 CN41.' This asteroid was said to be a near-Earth object (NEO) orbiting within 150,000 miles (about 240,000 km) of Earth, but after the announcement, it was discovered to be a car ...