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==Commemoration== * In 2008, the spider ''[[Heteropoda davidbowie]]'' was named in Bowie's honour.<ref name="ARKive">{{cite web|url=http://www.arkive.org/david-bowie-spider/heteropoda-davidbowie/|title=David Bowie spider videos, photos and facts β Heteropoda davidbowie|work=[[ARKive]]|access-date=11 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113215125/http://www.arkive.org/david-bowie-spider/heteropoda-davidbowie/|archive-date=13 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> * In 2011, his image was chosen by popular vote for the BΒ£10m note of the [[local currency]] of his birthplace, the [[Brixton Pound]].<ref name="showme">{{cite web |title=Show Me the Money |url=http://brixtonpound.org/showmemoney |website=Brixton Pound |access-date=9 February 2018 |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615070824/http://brixtonpound.org/showmemoney |url-status=dead}}</ref> * On 5 January 2015, a main-belt [[asteroid]] was named [[342843 Davidbowie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/01/11/its-no-space-oddity-mile-wide-david-bowie-asteroid-to-forever-float-in-outer-space/|title=It's no 'Space Oddity': Mile-Wide David Bowie Asteroid to Forever Float in Outer Space|publisher=denver.cbslocal.com|access-date=19 January 2016|date=11 January 2016|archive-date=11 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111110303/http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/01/11/its-no-space-oddity-mile-wide-david-bowie-asteroid-to-forever-float-in-outer-space/|url-status=live}}</ref> * On 13 January 2016, Belgian amateur astronomers at MIRA Public Observatory created a "Bowie asterism" of seven stars which had been in the vicinity of Mars at the time of Bowie's death; the "constellation" forms the lightning bolt on Bowie's face from the cover of his ''Aladdin Sane'' album.<ref name="kreps">{{cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|title=Belgian Astronomers Pay Tribute to David Bowie With New Constellation|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/belgian-astronomers-pay-tribute-to-david-bowie-with-new-constellation-20160116|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=16 January 2016|access-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308145841/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/belgian-astronomers-pay-tribute-to-david-bowie-with-new-constellation-159279/ |archive-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> * In March 2017, Bowie featured on a [[Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010β2019#2017|series of UK postage stamps]].<ref>{{cite news |title=David Bowie commemorated by Royal Mail stamps |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/david-bowie-commemorated-stamps-hunky-dory-heroes-blackstar-royal-mail |date=26 January 2017 |access-date=18 September 2022 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171329/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/david-bowie-commemorated-stamps-hunky-dory-heroes-blackstar-royal-mail |url-status=live }}</ref> * On 25 March 2018, a [[Statue of David Bowie|statue of Bowie]] was unveiled in [[Aylesbury]], Buckinghamshire, the town where he debuted Ziggy Stardust.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gaca|first=Anna|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8262345/david-bowie-statue-unveiled-england-ziggy-stardust|title=David Bowie Statue Unveiled in English Town Where Ziggy Stardust Debuted|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=27 March 2018|access-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327174003/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8262345/david-bowie-statue-unveiled-england-ziggy-stardust|archive-date=27 March 2018}}</ref> The statue features a likeness of Bowie in 2002 accompanied with various characters and looks from over his career, with Ziggy Stardust at the front.<ref>{{cite web|title=Musical David Bowie statue unveiled in Aylesbury|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-43513296|work=BBC News|date=25 March 2018|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325231013/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-43513296|archive-date=25 March 2018}}</ref> * Rue David Bowie in Paris is near the [[Gare d'Austerlitz]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Paris gets 'Rue David Bowie' on 77th birthday of late rock icon |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240108-paris-gets-rue-david-bowie-on-77th-birthday-of-late-rock-icon |access-date=9 January 2024 |publisher=France 24 English |date=8 January 2024}}</ref>
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