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> I'm not sure I buy into the sensationalism behind this story It does seem odd there is an entire article about a single mislabeled-and-then-caught object in

> I'm not sure I buy into the sensationalism behind this story It does seem odd there is an entire article about a single mislabeled-and-then-caught object in a large database that probably has many mislabeled objects that have never been caught. The position of the object is well documented [1] [2]. It surprises me that there are not some very basic checks done on new objects against other databases. All that said, I do feel for astronomers, the crazy tempo of rocket launches and satellites makes their job a lot harder and its only going to get harder still but maybe offset by Super Heavy enabling larger and cheaper space telescopes. [1] https://theskylive.com/roadster-info https://theskylive.com/roadster-info [2] https://where-is-tesla-roadster.space/live https://where-is-tesla-roadster.space/live

Retric 2y ago
There’s not a lot of man made objects floating in deep space. DeltaV to get outside earths gravity well is just extremely high.
- LiamPowell 2y ago
  There's at least 72 according to [1], which does not include upper stages from unmanned missions. You could likely query all of them that have been found from Horizons, but I don't know how to do so off the top of my head. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artificial_objects_in_heliocentric_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artificial_objects_in_...
  - tumnus 2y ago
    72 out of around 128 million is about %0.005 which indeed does not seem like a lot.
    - lazide 2y ago
      Just enough to make it an irritating and bug prone edge case, you can never quite ignore, but never actually gets handled right for long. Sounds about right.
TeMPOraL 2y ago
> It surprises me that there are not some very basic checks done on new objects against other databases. Hopefully it will be now. Maybe, like with many human endeavors, it kind of fell through the cracks, with everyone independently thinking it's someone else's responsibility and not communicating, until some journalist found out and forced everyone to communicate about it.

Retric 2y ago

There’s not a lot of man made objects floating in deep space. DeltaV to get outside earths gravity well is just extremely high.

LiamPowell 2y ago
There's at least 72 according to [1], which does not include upper stages from unmanned missions. You could likely query all of them that have been found from Horizons, but I don't know how to do so off the top of my head. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artificial_objects_in_heliocentric_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artificial_objects_in_...
- tumnus 2y ago
  72 out of around 128 million is about %0.005 which indeed does not seem like a lot.
  - lazide 2y ago
    Just enough to make it an irritating and bug prone edge case, you can never quite ignore, but never actually gets handled right for long. Sounds about right.

TeMPOraL 2y ago

> It surprises me that there are not some very basic checks done on new objects against other databases. Hopefully it will be now. Maybe, like with many human endeavors, it kind of fell through the cracks, with everyone independently thinking it's someone else's responsibility and not communicating, until some journalist found out and forced everyone to communicate about it.