Asteroid 17473, which orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Mars, has been designated "Asteroid 17473 Freddiemercury."

Discovered in 1991, the year of Freddie Mercury's death, the asteroid was named in his honor on the occasion of what would have been his 70th birthday.

Queen co-founder, guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May had a hand in its naming. And, yes, Brian May is actually an astrophysicist, having earned his PhD in astrophysics in 2007 from the London Imperial College. He also collaborated with NASA on the New Horizons Pluto mission.

Chris Lintott, professor of astrophysics at Oxford: "Pleasingly, it’s on a slightly eccentric orbit about the sun, just as the man himself was."

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