2018 CN41 has an orbit that brought it within 150,000 miles of our planet, closer than the moon, meaning that it could be ...

The center said on its website that 2018 CN41’s registry was deleted after "it was pointed out the orbit matches an artificial object, 2018-017A, Falcon Heavy Upper stage with the Tesla Roadster.

Shortly thereafter, the MPC issued a retraction because 2018 CN41 turned out to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster launched into orbit in February 2018. Morning sky: All the planetary action happens ...

Within a day, however, they deleted the item, called 2018 CN41, because they realized it wasn’t a natural object: It was a Tesla strapped to part of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into space years ago by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.The company sent the car (with a spacesuit-clad mannequin ...

The centre said: "The designation 2018 CN41, announced in MPEC 2025-A38 on Jan 2, 2025 UT, is being deleted. The next day it was pointed out the orbit matches an artificial object 2018-017A, ...

They named it 2018 CN41 and classified it as a Near-Earth Object (NEO) because it was seen orbiting within 150,000 miles of our planet – closer than the Moon.

It looked like an asteroid, but it was a Tesla: the space mix-up involving the celestial object 2018 CN41 was resolved in a few hours. Initially cataloged as a new asteroid, it was later identified ...

A strange object initially thought to be a newly discovered asteroid actually turned out to be a Tesla zipping through space.. The "asteroid" was designated 2018 CN41 on January 2 by the Minor ...