It’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster cruising through space

Remember when Elon Musk sent a Tesla into space? Someone just mistook it for an asteroid
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, a new asteroid called 2018 CN41 was announced by the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Space object or sports car? How a Tesla Roadster was briefly mistaken for an asteroid
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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 through the final frontier roughly 150,000 miles from Earth, according
Asteroid? Nope, It’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster Cruising Through Space
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An Amateur Astronomer Seemingly Spotted a New Asteroid. It Turned Out to Be a Tesla in Space
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