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