Freddie Mercury Gets Asteroid Named After Him

Queen’s lead singer, Freddie Mercury sang “I’m a shooting star leaping through the sky,” in the band’s 1978 hit, “Don’t Stop Me Now.” This has come closer to reality than perhaps the rock icon could have imagined. On September 5, what would have been Mercury’s 70th birthday; an asteroid has been named after him in his honor.More »

By on September 7, 2016

Queen’s lead singer, Freddie Mercury sang “I’m a shooting star leaping through the sky,” in the band’s 1978 hit, “Don’t Stop Me Now.” This has come closer to reality than perhaps the rock icon could have imagined. On September 5, what would have been Mercury’s 70th birthday; an asteroid has been named after him in his honor. Appropriately enough, astrophysics and Queen guitarists, Brian May announced the news to The Guardian. May told The Guardian, “International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planets Center, which is part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass., has designated asteroid 17473 as “Freddiemercury.” May went onto say, “It’s like a cinder in space as many of these asteroids are. You need a pretty decent telescope to see it. It’s just a dot of light but it’s a very special dot of light and maybe one day we’ll get there.” Copyright(c) 2016 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «