shitcomputerologist, wczoraj do astronomy w Astronomers just deleted an asteroid because it turned out to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster

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.

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