Ununoctium was discovered in 2006 by teams from USA an Russia.

Iuri Ţolakovici Ohanessian, V.K. Ution-kov, Iuri V. Lobanov, F.Ş. Abdulin, A.N. Poliakov, I.V. Şirokovski, Iuri S. Ţiga-nov, Gheorghi G. Gulbekian, Serghei L. Bogomolov, Boris N. Gikal, A.N. Mezen-ţev, S. Iliev, V.G. Subbotin, A.M. Suhov, O.V. Ivanov, German Vladimirovici Buklanov, A.A. Voinov, K. Subotic, Mihail Grigorievici Itkis, V.I. Zagrebaev, R.N. Sagaidak, G.K.Vostokin

(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russian Federation)

and

Ken J. Moody, John F. Wild, Mark A. Stoyer, Nancy J. Stoyer, Dawn A. Shaughnessy, Joshua B. Patin, Ronald W. Lougheed, P. A. Wilk, J. M. Kenneally, J. H. Landrum

(University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA)

Ununoctium was prepared in an ionic accelerator, interacting californium-249 with calcium-48.

Ununoctium was discovered in 2006 by teams from USA an Russia.

Iuri Ţolakovici Ohanessian, V.K. Ution-kov, Iuri V. Lobanov, F.Ş. Abdulin, A.N. Poliakov, I.V. Şirokovski, Iuri S. Ţiga-nov, Gheorghi G. Gulbekian, Serghei L. Bogomolov, Boris N. Gikal, A.N. Mezen-ţev, S. Iliev, V.G. Subbotin, A.M. Suhov, O.V. Ivanov, German Vladimirovici Buklanov, A.A. Voinov, K. Subotic, Mihail Grigorievici Itkis, V.I. Zagrebaev, R.N. Sagaidak, G.K.Vostokin

(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russian Federation)

and

Ken J. Moody, John F. Wild, Mark A. Stoyer, Nancy J. Stoyer, Dawn A. Shaughnessy, Joshua B. Patin, Ronald W. Lougheed, P. A. Wilk, J. M. Kenneally, J. H. Landrum

(University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA)

Ununoctium was prepared in an ionic accelerator, interacting californium-249 with calcium-48.