An asteroid for the King: Freddie Mercury lives in space

Freddie Mercurie always knew he was a star "fire in the sky". As if the letter of its popular Do not stop me now it would have been a premonition, named after the late British singer and songwriter Freddie Mercury now not only always be among earthlings stars, but also among those crossing space.

On the occasion of the celebration would have been his 70th birthday, the International Astronomical Union announced on September 5 his decision to call "Freddiemercury 17473" to an asteroid that, until then, had been identified only as "17473".

This asteroid was discovered in 1991, precisely the year in which the singer of the group Queen died, when he was just 45 years old.

On the caracteríticas the asteroid, Brian May, guitarist of Queen, and a doctorate in astrophysics from the University Imperial College London, he told the international media. "It is a dark object from Earth is about 10,000 times paler than which would be directly. a telescope to detect high reach is needed, why it was not discovered until 1991 ". According to data published by the BBC, Freddiemercury The asteroid is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and is about 3.2 kilometers in diameter.

Mercury is remembered as one of the leading figures in the music of all time, for his unique vocal register, the quality of their songs and performance style transgressor and seductive.