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

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 6 months 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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