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Astronomers just deleted an asteroid because it turned out to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster (www.astronomy.com)

submitted 2 years ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

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[–] shitcomputerologist@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Tracking doesn't necessarily have to be lost for this kind of thing to happen. The Rosetta spacecraft was accidentally given a provisional asteroid designation in 2007.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(spacecraft)#Deep_space_manoeuvres

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