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For more than 50 years, the rock band The Rolling Stones has rocked movie theaters around the world and their impact now seems to be spreading in space after NASA's Mars Insight mission decided to name it 39, one of the rocks of the planet. .
The Rolling Stones are slightly smaller than the size of a golf ball and would have rolled up to one meter when the Insight landed on Mars in November.
Rock was nominated by actor Robert Downey Jr. Mick group members Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts were preparing for a concert Thursday night at the Pasadena Rose Ball stadium, near the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from NASA.
The group, known for such songs as Simbathi with The Devil and Brown Sugar, called the tribute "a milestone in its long and eventful history".
NASA said that although the name is unofficial, it would appear on the maps of Mars.
Comets or other objects of the solar system receive official names only through the International Astronomical Union.
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