Brian May announces Asteroid 17473 Freddiemercury 04, 09, 2016

TO SUBSCRIBE please visit: This video announcement was first shown at the Freddie Mercury 70th Birthday Party in Montreux, Switzerland, Sunday 4 September 2016. In announcing Asteroid 17473 Freddie Mercury, Brian May said: I m happy to be able to announce that the International Astronomical Union s Minor Planet Center has today designated Asteroid 17473, discovered 1991, in Freddies name, timed to honour his 70th Birthday. Henceforth this object will be known as Asteroid 17473 Fre