Four New Elements Finally Get Their Official Names, Added To Periodic Table (universityherald.com)

Scientists have updated the periodic table to add four new elements, namely: Nihonium, Moscovium, Tennessine and Oganesson. The super-heavy elements discovered by scientists from Japan, Russia, and America, complete the seventh row of the table. Their inclusion also marks the first additions since 2011. From an article on University Herald: Now that the new elements have their names, the seventh row of the periodic table is now complete. The approval was done by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). The elements were confirmed back in January. They were assigned temporary names and symbols: ununtrium (Uut), ununpentium (Uup), ununseptium (Uus), and ununoctium (Uuo). It was noted that the teams of Russian, American and Japanese researchers behind the discoveries were given the task of naming the elements that they uncovered. They submitted their proposals in June.

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[lgw]

It's rare that elements are named after people, though there are a few examples. Places just seem less controversial. There's a gentleman's agreement that Element 137 should be Feynmanium, and I will be gravely disappointed if he doesn't eventually get that honor. (For those who don't know, "137", referring to the fine structure constant, is to physicists what "42" is to geek culture - chances are good it's the combination to a physicist's briefcase, for example.)