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The name plutonium is derived from the name of the dwarf planet Pluto; dwarf planet Pluto is after planet Neptune in the Solar system and plutonium is after neptunium in the Periodic Table of Mendeleev.

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it came from the name Pluto because when it was created they were naming elements after planets

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Plutonium is named after the celestial object Pluto (a dwarf planet).

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