The Minor Planet Center (MPC) seemingly mistook billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. TSLA Roadster for a small body in space earlier this month, much to the fascination of the billionaire.

As strange as that sounds, the car was launched in February 2018 and attached to the Falcon Heavy upper-stage booster.

It's a Tesla Roadster launched in 2018 from the Falcon ... the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of an unusual asteroid designated 2018 CN41.

It has been a little over seven years since SpaceX first test-launched its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket. The February 2018 ...

However, the mystery object turned out to be a Tesla vehicle. The Minor Planet Center (MPC) quickly retracted the findings after discovering the object was a 2010 Tesla Roadster. Elon Musk’s SpaceX ...

A strange object initially thought to be a newly discovered asteroid actually turned out to be a Tesla zipping through ... CN41 on January 2 by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Harvard ...

The vehicle, a red sports car belonging to Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, was launched into orbit in 2018. It was sent into space aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, CNN reported, which was ...

The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into ... On Jan. 2, the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in ...

A photo of “Starman” and Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster shared by SpaceX ... On Jan. 2, the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass., ...

SpaceX At the beginning of the year, scientists at the Minor Planet Center at the Center ... Falcon Heavy Upper stage with the Tesla roadster.” Now, the obvious question: How did a Tesla end ...