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Interesting that Tennessine and Moscovium are named in honor of Tennessee and Moscow. I wonder many elements on the table are named after places.

• seccess 10y ago
  Interestingly, four elements of the periodic table are named after a small town in Sweden called Ytterby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ytterby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ytterby
• foob 10y ago
  Your forgot Nihonium after Japan :-). It's fairly common for them to be named after places (often where they were discovered). Some other examples are Americium, Berkelium, Californium, Darmstadtium, Dubnium, Europium, Francium, and Germanium.
  • joering2 10y ago
    From the article: We can also put to rest suggestions like Lemmium, Octarine and Trumpium. :)
    • coredog64 10y ago
      There's still a chance for Harambite?
      • Keyframe 10y ago
        Harambium! Get your naming convention straight!
• ensignavenger 10y ago
  Nihonium is also named for a place- Japan (Nihon)
• Amorymeltzer 10y ago
  Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_element_name_etymologies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_element_name_... for a full table. There are a bunch named after places (even copper and magnesium), whether continent (Europium), country (Francium), state (Californium), or even UC Berkeley (Berkelium). All told, nearly 30 are named after different places. I haven't read it yet, but supposedly this book is a fun read with some interesting stories on the discovery of elements: https://www.amazon.com/Periodic-Tales-Cultural-History-Elements/dp/0061824739 https://www.amazon.com/Periodic-Tales-Cultural-History-Eleme...
• my_first_acct 10y ago
  Element 116, Livermorium, is named after Livermore, California (well, technically, it is named after the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which in turn is named after the city). [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livermorium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livermorium
• taejo 10y ago
  Although the naming guidelines for elements definitely allow place-derived names, the guidelines for places on the moon do not. Nevertheless, there is a "Mare Moscoviense / Sea of Moscow" because "Moscow is a state of mind" (lunar maria are usually named after states of mind, etc., e.g. Sea of Tranquility, Sea of Tears). Mare Moscoviense is one of the very few maria on the far side of the moon: if you've never looked at photos of the far side, you'll be surprised how different it looks from the near side.