Asteroid named after ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
Popular Science · 25 Sep 2026

Asteroid named after ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic

Published Sep 25, 2026 1:06 PM EDT Over the past 50 years, musician “Weird Al” Yankovic has become the first artist to have a comedy album debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, amassed five Grammy awards, and one Emmy. As if that weren’t enough, the “


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