minus-squareshitcomputerologist@sopuli.xyztoAstronomy@mander.xyz•Astronomers just deleted an asteroid because it turned out to be Elon Musk’s Tesla RoadsterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoTracking doesn’t necessarily have to be lost for this kind of thing to happen. The Rosetta spacecraft was accidentally given a provisional asteroid designation in 2007. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(spacecraft)#Deep_space_manoeuvres linkfedilink
Tracking doesn’t necessarily have to be lost for this kind of thing to happen. The Rosetta spacecraft was accidentally given a provisional asteroid designation in 2007.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(spacecraft)#Deep_space_manoeuvres