A mysterious asteroid finally turns out to be… Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster

In 2018, the multi-billionaire sent one of his cars into orbit. The latter was mistaken for an asteroid by astronomers at the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Massachusetts. The error was corrected on January 3.

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Elon Musk’s goal was for the Roadster to circle the Sun, passing through Mars and returning to Earth. But seven years later, the destination doesn’t seem to be right and the car is much further away than expected. Astronomers are now monitoring the distance between the object and our planet.