Asteroid named after Queen singer Freddie Mercury
An asteroid was named after Freddie Mercury, the vocalist of the English rock band 'Queen', to mark the late singer's 70th birth anniversary on Monday. The International Astronomical Union confirmed asteroid 17473, a 3.5km-wide ball of black rubble on the other side of Mars, shall be known as 'Freddiemercury'. Notably, the asteroid was discovered in 1991, the year Freddie died.