The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (United States) had to withdraw the discovery when it realized that it was a car.

The Minor Planet Center — which operates under the auspices ... traditionally in a format known as two-line elements (TLEs). These data are collated by the U.S. Space Force, which also performs ...

The Tesla Roadster, launched by SpaceX in 2018, was mistakenly identified as a near-Earth asteroid, raising concerns over space debris tracking.