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Astronomers announce discovery of new asteroid — only to learn it’s a Tesla sports car hurling through space
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| 01/25/2025
| Natalie O'Neill
Posted on 01/24/2025 9:42:43 PM PST by BenLurkin
Harvard University-affiliated astronomers announced the discovery of a new asteroid zooming precariously close to Earth — only to learn it was actually a Tesla sports car launched by Elon Musk as a publicity stunt seven years ago, scientists said Friday.
The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., officially registered the new space rock Jan. 2, saying it was spotted hurling through the final frontier roughly 150,000 miles from Earth, according to Astronomy magazine.
Its distance was closer to the planet than the moon— prompting the scientists to declare the asteroid had the potential to some day slam into Earth.
The elite organization, located at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, then gave the object an official name: “2018 CN41.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: 2018cn41; astronomy; automobiles; cambridge; elonmusk; harvarduniversity; mannequin; manniken; mannikinskywalker; minorplanetcenter; publicitystunt; roadster; spacejunk; sportscar; starman; tesla
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posted on
01/24/2025 9:42:43 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/24/2025 9:45:18 PM PST
by
Tench_Coxe
(The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/24/2025 9:46:59 PM PST
by
ArcadeQuarters
(You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
To: BenLurkin
Is this a joke or did a new DEI hire astronomer come up with this?
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posted on
01/24/2025 9:47:20 PM PST
by
TonyM
(Score Event)
To: BenLurkin
“Hurling” through space, Natalie? I think I’m going to hurl.
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posted on
01/24/2025 9:49:20 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.”.)
To: BenLurkin
Some day people will travel to see that car, it will have to be under some sort of legal protection to keep it from being tampered with.. The same will be true of the landing sites on the moon... they will be protected historical areas as will the wreckage of early Mars probes.
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posted on
01/24/2025 9:49:40 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(I can’t even feign surprise anymore...)
was it traveling at ludicrous speed?
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posted on
01/24/2025 9:52:08 PM PST
by
Gene Eric
To: BenLurkin
Harvard. Because Smarter Than You.™
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posted on
01/24/2025 9:54:04 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Tench_Coxe
Best Corvette entrance ever. Played that song many times while driving my corvette along A1A between Port Canaveral and Indialantic.
To: Gene Eric
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posted on
01/24/2025 10:06:29 PM PST
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dp0622
(Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
To: BenLurkin
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01/24/2025 10:20:49 PM PST
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Tom Tetroxide
(Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
To: BenLurkin
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01/24/2025 10:40:38 PM PST
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mazz44
(http://knowledgeofhealth.com/why-animals-age-they-produce-less-vitamin-c-same-for-humans/)
To: dp0622
To: Tench_Coxe
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posted on
01/24/2025 11:02:17 PM PST
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: Waverunner
We used to make that drive on A1A from Satellite Beach to Indialantic, but I remember “Rapsody in White” always on the radio.
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posted on
01/24/2025 11:12:12 PM PST
by
Blueway
To: BenLurkin
I expected this story to be Babylon Bee.
To: BenLurkin
The elite organization, located at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, then gave the object an official name: “2018 CN41.”Should have called it "TSLA 10."

Regards,
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posted on
01/25/2025 12:30:25 AM PST
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: BenLurkin
About 66 million years from now the new intelligent life discovers that a vehicle of some sort hit the earth wiping out almost all life. They discovered a thin layer of lithium in the earth that was the result of the impact....
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posted on
01/25/2025 1:09:36 AM PST
by
minnesota_bound
(Need more money to buy everything now)
To: BenLurkin
The ultimate source isn’t The Babylon Bee is it?
Cause it sure reads like a headline they’d write.
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posted on
01/25/2025 1:52:41 AM PST
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
To: BenLurkin
Just track all the untracked objects and they won't be untracked anymore.
Keep it in the database, with a note "SPACE JUNK" so you don't have to be surprised again.
I find it hard to believe that one extra object will make it harder to track millions of others.
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posted on
01/25/2025 2:31:08 AM PST
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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