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Formerly known as Asteroid 17473, the object was first discovered in 1991, the year of Mercury's death, and will now be known as Asteroid Freddiemercury. The announcement was made by Mercury's Queen band mate Brian May in a video first played at a gathering in Mercury's honor.
"It's just a dot of light, but it's a very special dot of light," May said of the asteroid.