Tesla, Asteroid and Elon Musk

Asteroid turns out to be Musk's Tesla Roadster launched in 2018 | The Sky Guy
Catch Tallahassee Astronomical Society’s free planetarium show “February Skies over Tallahassee,” at the Fogg Planetarium on Feb. 1.
Asteroid? Nope, It’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster Cruising Through Space
Less than 24 hours after the Minor Planet Center announced a new asteroid, it said the object was actually Musk's electric car launched into space as payload on a rocket.
Astronomers Thought They Had Found A Dangerous Asteroid Near Earth — It Was Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster
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 flight of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. The car, complete with a mannequin named “Starman” in the driver’s seat, had been orbiting the Sun ever since.
When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.
The discovery of a new asteroid this month has turned out to be Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster launched by SpaceX in 2018.
Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla
Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and its driver "Starman," which were launched into space in 2018.
Newly Discovered Asteroid Has Over 1% Chance Of Earth Impact
NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032.
Newly-discovered asteroid could hit Earth in 2032
NASA says there's a tiny chance it could collide with Earth, and it's much too soon to know where that impact could be.
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
NASA Tracking Truck-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet. The space rock—dubbed "2025 BV5"—is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion ...
Asteroid samples reveal secrets of an ancient water world
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth. CAPE CANAVERAL, ...
What exactly is an asteroid and will one really hit Earth in 2032?
Scientists say that a newly discovered space-rock has a chance of colliding with our planet in less than 10 years ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth at 30,000 Mph
BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.
NASA's asteroid sample reveals key chemistry that could lead to life
All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...
Scientists find traces of life’s building blocks in historic asteroid samples
It took a while for scientists to gain access to the samples that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission took from the asteroid Bennu, but ...
New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early Solar System
Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...
Could This Asteroid Be a Lost Chunk of the Moon?
PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...
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"Hopefully there's no traffic": Internet in splits as Elon Musk confirms his car Roadster is floating in space "orbiting Earth and Mars"
"Hopefully there’s no traffic! [laughing emoji]." Check out even more hilarious reactions below: "Imagine you’re flying ...