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An Asteroid Has Been Named After Freddie Mercury (vice.com)
An anonymous reader shares a Motherboard report: Freddie Mercury, frontman of Queen and transcendent being of pure performative joy and vitality, would have been 70 years old this Monday, September 5. To celebrate the occasion and honor Mercury's enormous impact on pop culture, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has officially changed the name of Asteroid 17473, located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, to "Freddiemercury." It's a fitting tribute to the man who exuberantly sang that he was "a shooting star leaping through the sky" in the heart-thumping rock rager "Don't Stop Me Now." Queen's lead guitarist Brian May, who also happens to be an astrophysicist with a namesake asteroid of his own, announced the news to the band's fans via YouTube on Sunday. Mercury's asteroid is about three and a half kilometers across, and has an albedo of about 0.3, which means it reflects only about 30 percent of the Sun's light. "It's a dark object, like a cinder in space, as many of these asteroids are," May said. "It's just a dot of light, but it's a very special dot of light."
Radio stations across both countries agreed never to play the superlong, ridiculous pop song Bohemian Rhapsody ever again.
He already had an entire planet named after him, why does he need an asteroid named after him too?
Freddy Mercury's real name is Farrokh Bulsara. Brian May didn't have a stage name.
Do you think it matches his vibrato?
It's about time. Hopefully the asteroid contains a lot of mercury.
-- Cheers!
Freddy Mercury was terrific, but he ruined mustaches for straight men everywhere, and so soon after Burt Reynolds made them acceptable again.
All in all, I'd trade Burt Reynolds straight up to get Freddie Mercury back. People forget just how great he was. Watch this 1974 live Queen video to be reminded. And he only got better after that.
https://youtu.be/T8Rfb1Jtmic
He deserves to have an entire star system named after him.
And he was a Zoroastrian born in Zanzibar, because of course he was. I'm instructing my wife to include, "He was a Zoroastrian born in Zanzibar" in my obituary because it sounds so cool, even though it's not true at all.
You are welcome on my lawn.
...the capital should be called "Freddie". (The habitat will of course be near the poles where it isn't quite so hot.)
The Martians never agreed to this.
Since according to the Bible, a sodomite is one who is unkind to strangers, and haughty and prideful, I question your assertion as to the veracity of the grandparent post.
Don't you mean "somdomite"?
"Freddie, we named a planet after you. The one that is cheek to cheek with a star."
Freddie: "Allright!!"
"We also named an element after you. Also known as 'quicksilver'"
Freddie: "How fitting!"
"We also named a dark dead rock next to a bunch of other dead rocks after you."
Freddie: "Oh...you...shouldn't have."
This is a particularly funny in Bible humping context:
"A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor a man wear women’s clothing, for the Lord your God detests anyone who does this."
So why was it that Men wore Dresses back then? They couldn't even wear trousers until the bloody trouser-button was invented. Then it's as if God sayeth, "Until thouest invents Men's clothing, thou shall wear no clothing at all." So for thousands of years, men pranced around with not much more than their foreskins on, and then God decided that those would have to go as well. God liked his Men Nude, oiled, and with Breasts like Pomegranates... no, that was Solomon, and he was singing his song about his Sister. No nude, oiled up Men for him.
Now as far as Women wearing Men's clothing, again, not much difference in clothing originally. Well, Men did have their hammered breastplates for going into Battle. Women resisted for a long time... and then came the Brassiere for their goings into Battle, to be surrendered when Battle lost. That one invention probably pissed God and me off equally. That and pantyhose. God because it was hose for women, a sort of trousers without buttons, and me because the sewn in panties got in the way. And then God, or more probably Solomon's Sister, invented Crotchless Panties.
Many a lonely night, yellow highlighter in hand, and no that isn't a euphemism, I would search through copies of the Gideon's Bible left thoughtfully behind by others, looking for warnings against Crotchless Panties. The closest to this is: “Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.” God was so _Butch_ at times. Of course these days, such an article is manufactured and sold as a Girdle, nearly always crotchless. and with clips for holding up some sagging hose.
thats an AIDSteroid
Please explain to the bonobo chimpanzees and hyenas (among many others) that their homosexual behavior is unnatural.
Eat the rich.
I wonder if it'll split into three parts, two smaller ones and a big one. Impacting with a **thump** **thump** **CRASH!**
... I want to break free... we will rock you...don't stop me now....now I'm here.... breakthrough... another one bites the dust...we are the champions...
"The hallmark of humanity is the ability to move beyond sensory inputs" - Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
Never mind the Bonobos and Hyeanas. I dare anyone to try and explain it to TurboNegro !
Sky subscribers are morons. They pay to be advertised at !
So we base natural and normal human behavior on animals, do we?
"Look, the lemmings are falling off the cliff! Let's join them!"
Foolishness! God is the arbiter of what is good and bad, not mere creations. You may not be a believer, and this is fine, but homosexuality is NOT natural or normal. It's a mental disorder that was begged to be changed into an "orientation" by lobbying the APA and AMA. We shouldn't pander to maybe 3% of the population. What's next to become legal, polygamy? Honor killings? People marrying animals? Where do you draw the line? The homosexuals say they want to be free to marry who they love. What if someone loves their cat and wants to marry the cat. Dog? Horse? Own sister or brother. It's a slippery slope. Don't even say that people won't go that far. They are already trying. There are court cases pending. And the fact that a judge anywhere is even willing to entertain such debauchery says have far we've slid morally.