6 days ago · The Tesla Roadster mix-up came as something of a disappointment to the Turkish amateur astronomer, who asked to be identified as “G.” ... of a slice-of-life manga named Asteroid in Love (also ...

1 day ago · The “asteroid” wasn’t a space rock after all. It was a cherry-red Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk launched into space to much fanfare in 2018 as part of a publicity stunt during the maiden ...

1 day ago · The asteroid passed within 150,000 miles (240,000 km) of Earth. Initially, it was listed as a near-Earth object and dubbed 2018 CN41 on January 2 by MPC. Turns out to be Tesla rocket’s upper-stage

1 day ago · Scientists mistook Elon Musk's Tesla roadster for an asteroid in a debacle that highlights the problem of tracking near-Earth objects. Discovery of the suspected asteroid was announced in the Minor Planet Electronic Circular on January 2.However, the entry was swiftly deleted when space boffins realized it was actually the Tesla roadster launched on SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy mission.

4 days ago · What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through the cosmos.. Yep, you read that right. The infinite vastness of outer ...

The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.

4 days ago · The Tesla Roadster had been blasted into the cosmos during a publicity stunt in February 2018, when Musk’s company, SpaceX, was testing its Falcon Heavy rocket. 3 Now this is an asteroid.

Astronomers mistook a Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit in 2018 for an asteroid earlier this month. The registry of what was thought to be an asteroid was soon deleted.

The Roadster managed to reach the asteroid belt, thus exceeding initial expectations. In early January 2024, the Tesla Roadster approached Earth again, coming within 150,000 miles , causing ...

3 days ago · A Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit years ago was mistakenly labeled an asteroid by a research center, though the astronomers have since deleted the entry.