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Halley's Comet is one heavenly body named for its discoverer. The comet is named for Edmund Halley. Hale-Bopp is another comet named after its discoverers, Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
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What is one of several heavenly bodies named for there discoverers?
Comets are named for their discoverers. For example, Halley's comet was named after its discoverer, Edmund Halley. Many stars are also named for their discoverers.
What what is one of seven heavenly bodies named for their discoverers?
Halley's Comet
Name two elements named after heavenly bodies?
uranium-uranus plutonium-pluto
One of seven heavenly bodies named for their discoveries?
Halley's Comet
What is a heavenly body named for its discoverer?
The Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was discovered by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy in 1993. It is customary to name a comet after it's discoverers, up to three names separated by hyphens.
Who named xenon?
Sir William Ramsay, one of the co-discoverers.
Which element is named after the discoverers of radium?
The radioactive artificial element curium (Cm).
What are other elements named after heavenly bodies?
Multiple elements as listed by the Periodic Table of the Elements are named after bodies in the Cosmos. Helium (He) regards Greek Helios; the Sun. Mercury (Hg), Uranium (Ur), Neptunium (Np), and Plutonium (Pu) as in the planets, are others.
Elements named after planets and heavenly bodies?
Mercury the element is not really named after mercury the heavenly body: both are named after the Roman messenger god, Mercury. Similarly it is unclear whether uranium is named after uranus the planet or Uranus the mythical Roman god. Neptunium and plutonium definitely are named after the planets, and there is also selenium, named after the moon, and helium, named after the sun.
Why are the days of the week named?
Because they were the seven visual heavenly bodies visible with the naked eye.Sunday - SunMonday - MoonTuesday - MarsWednesday - MercuryThursday - JupiterFriday - VenusSaturday - Saturn
What origin is hafnium?
Hafnium was named by its Danish discoverers for the Latin name for Copenhagen (Hafnia), in 1923.
What are Ecuador bodies of water?
Two of the bodies of water located in Ecuador are named Tortuga Bay and the Gulf of Guayaquil. Also, Ecuador has several smaller rivers and lakes.
