Astronomers just deleted an asteroid because it turned out to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster

On Jan. 2, the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced the discovery of an unusual asteroid, designated 2018 CN41. First identified and submitted by citizen scientist H. A. Güler, the object’s orbit was notable: It came less than 150,000 miles (240,000 km) from Earth, closer than the orbitContinue reading “Astronomers just deleted an asteroid because it turned out to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster”
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