Scientist Confuses Elon Musk’s Car For An Asteroid
turn out: to happen in a way that was not expected
Earlier this year, astronomers made a surprising discovery when they saw what they thought was a near-Earth asteroid. It turned out they were wrong. It was Elon Musk’s Tesla, launched into space in 2018. The car had been traveling around the Sun, and its close approach to Earth caused the confusion.
The mistake shows a growing problem in space exploration. As more rockets and satellites enter deep space, scientists say tracking them is very important. If objects are mistaken for asteroids, it could waste valuable resources. One expert said, “In the worst-case scenario, you could send a billion-dollar mission to explore an asteroid and find out it’s just an old rocket.” NASA is working on a solution, but deep space is still mostly unregulated.
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