The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.

NASA's Lucy mission flyby asteroid Dinkinesh (aka 1999 VD57). Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Produced, Edited, and Narrated by: David Ladd (AIMM) Animations by: Walt Feimer (KBRWyle ...

It looked like an asteroid, but it was a Tesla ... such as the Rosetta probe, the BepiColombo mission, and NASA's Lucy mission.

That recommendation could be to launch a space mission to deflect the orbit of the asteroid, as was done by NASA’s Dart mission, or simply, for example, if it was going to land in the ocean ...