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Asteroid 17473 Freddiemercury

Started by triangleforge, September 06, 2016, 02:41:12 PM

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triangleforge

September 06, 2016, 02:41:12 PM
That an asteroid was named for Freddie Mercury & announced on what would have been his seventieth birthday is only the second best part of this story, as reported in the New York Times.

http://nyti.ms/2ckYy83

The best part? That it was "was announced on Sunday in a YouTube video by Brian May, the former Queen guitarist who became an astrophysicist after the band broke up."

That right there is one hell of a résumé.

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Kopfjäger

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September 06, 2016, 03:02:23 PM
Very cool.  8)
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September 06, 2016, 03:12:20 PM
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September 07, 2016, 11:33:42 AM
nice
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