It has been a little over seven years since SpaceX first test-launched its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket. The February 2018 ...
Nearly seven years later, on Jan. 2, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of an unusual asteroid designated 2018 CN41. The MPC said the asteroid was ...
Scientists with the Minor Planet Centre (MPC) designated extra terrestrial object 2018 CN41 on January 2 this year after it was spotted by a Turkish amateur astronomer. Before its designation it ...
In fact, it isn't even a natural object. 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 ...
Earlier this month, an amateur astronomer discovered what appeared to be the “asteroid”, designated 2018 CN41, that appeared to be passing very close to Earth. When it came within less than ...
As strange as that sounds, the car was launched in February 2018 and attached to the Falcon Heavy upper-stage booster.
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. NEOs are typically flagged as ...
The designation 2018 CN41 is being deleted and will be listed as omitted.” Yep, the asteroid was Musk’s Roadster, still cruising around in space, checking out the views and, presumably ...
Recently the Minor Planet Center (MPC) announced the discovery of a new asteroid – 2018 CN41. Its orbit was closer than that of the Moon making it a near-Earth object and subject to the ...
Seven years after SpaceX launched Elon Musk’s cherry red sports car into orbit around our sun, astronomers unwittingly began paying attention to its movements once again. Observers spotted and ...