A peculiar celestial body recently observed revolving around Earth has been confirmed to be a Tesla Roadster.
The object, originally identified as asteroid "2018 CN41" by the Minor Planet Center on January 2, 2025, was discovered by a Turkish amateur astronomer. The asteroid is over 240,000 kilometers from Earth, putting it closer to the Moon than our planet is.
In fact, only hours later, the MPC revealed that "2018 CN41" had been delisted following confirmation of its artificial origin, which was launched from Earth seven years prior.
It has been announced that the designation 2018 CN41, listed in MPEC 2025-A38 on January 2, 2025 UTC, will be replaced. Following a report on January 3, it was confirmed that this object corresponds to an artificial object, specifically, 2018-017A, which is an upper stage from a Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the Tesla Roadster. Due to this, the designation 2018 CN41 will be omitted from official records.
In 2018, Elon Musk made news by sending a Tesla Roadster into space as the payload for the first launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket.
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