SpaceX, Asteroid and Tesla Roadster

An Amateur Astronomer Seemingly Spotted a New Asteroid. It Turned Out to Be a Tesla in Space
The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could potentially be mistaken for natural celestial bodies
Mysterious New Asteroid Turns Out To Be Tesla Roadster in Space
The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.
Newly discovered asteroid turns out to be Tesla Roadster launched into space
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.
Space object or sports car? How a Tesla Roadster was briefly mistaken for an asteroid
What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through the cosmos.
Asteroid? Nope, It’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster Cruising Through Space
Less than 24 hours after the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of a new asteroid, they said it was actually Musk's car.
Strange new asteroid turns out to be Tesla Roadster
A strange object recently spotted orbiting Earth has been identified as a Tesla Roadster. Initially classified as asteroid "2018 CN41" by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) on January 2, 2025, the object was discovered by an amateur astronomer based in Turkey.
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Elon Musk's Tesla mistaken for asteroid in near-Earth collision scare
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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 ...
Tesla earnings call: Elon Musk reveals timeline for driverless cars, humanoid robots
Elon Musk said Tesla will begin launching unsupervised self-driving models in Austin, Texas by June and several other U.S.
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Tesla’s Profit Fell Sharply Last Year
The electric car company run by Elon Musk is facing increasing competition, but investors have focused mostly on the ...
Morgan Freeman may have scored a 3,000% return on Tesla stock: 'I'm a huge fan of Elon Musk'
Hollywood icon Morgan Freeman said in a 2016 interview that he owned Tesla stock. A $10,000 holding then would be worth over ...
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What did Elon Musk say? ADL condemns Tesla CEO’s salute “jokes” days after defending him over controversy
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has called out the SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk for his N**i Jokes on X. The Tesla chief, who ...