70 years old Freddie Mercury: an asteroid was named after a musician. A PHOTO
September 5 marked the 70th anniversary of the birth of the legendary British musician Freddie Mercury. The vocalist of Queen, a native of Zanzibar of Parsi descent (his real name is Farrukh Bulsara), died at the age of 45 years in November 1991, from bronchopneumonia, which developed on the background of AIDS.
As reported on the Queen group's page Facebook, the asteroid discovered in the year of death of the musician, will now be called Asteroid 17473 Freddiemercury. The decision to assign the name Mercury to the heavenly body was made in connection with the outstanding merit of the musician.
The Freddie Mercury asteroid is located in the main asteroid belt - the region of the Solar System between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The assignment of the name Mercury to the asteroid was registered on September 4 by the Minor Planet Center, working with the assistance of the International Astronomical Union.
Freddie Mercury gained worldwide fame both as the lead singer of Queen and through his solo work. He became a real star after the release of Bohemian Rhapsody in 1975, when he was 29 years old.
Perhaps the most famous song of the band lasted in the top of the British charts 9 weeks, although Mercury himself considered his most successful song Somebody to Love.
“Bohemian Rhapsody” was later recognized as the “Best Song of the Millennium”, and two other hits - “We are the champions” and “We will rock you” - were among the most popular compositions in the world, remaining so to this day.
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