New Asteroid Discovery Retracted

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Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla

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Astronomers announced the discovery of a new near- Earth asteroid on Jan. 2 .

However, the discovery was retracted after an amateur astronomer realized they had made a mistake.

The supposed asteroid was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and its spacesuit-clad driver " Starman" The Tesla has now completed roughly 4.5 trips around the sun, traveling at roughly 45,000 mph .

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