An asteroid soaring between Mars and Jupiter has been named after Freddie Mercury to mark the iconic rock star's 70th birthday.
Regarded as one of the greatest rock singers of all time, Mercury was the lead singer of the 1970s rock group Queen. He died in 1991.
The honour was announced on Sunday in a YouTube video by Brian May, the former Queen guitarist who became an astrophysicist after the band broke up, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
The rock, previously called asteroid 17473, shall henceforth be known as "Freddiemercury", the International Astronomical Union said.
"It's like a cinder in space, as many of these asteroids are," said May, who also has an asteroid already named after him. Full story...
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Regarded as one of the greatest rock singers of all time, Mercury was the lead singer of the 1970s rock group Queen. He died in 1991.
The honour was announced on Sunday in a YouTube video by Brian May, the former Queen guitarist who became an astrophysicist after the band broke up, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
The rock, previously called asteroid 17473, shall henceforth be known as "Freddiemercury", the International Astronomical Union said.
"It's like a cinder in space, as many of these asteroids are," said May, who also has an asteroid already named after him. Full story...
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