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NASA Names Asteroid After Aretha Franklin

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Aretha Franklin's memory will live on, in outer space.

NASA says an asteroid has been named after her.

We're told 2-4-9-5-1-6 Aretha shines the brightest in its asteroid family, outside the main asteroid belt... and that seems very fitting.

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