Asteroid named after ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic

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 “Amish Paradise,” “Eat It,” and “The Saga Begins” singer now has an asteroid named in his honor. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially approved the naming of ast