Plutonium, atomic number 94
The element plutonium was named after the dwarf planet Pluto. Plutonium was discovered in 1940, the same year that Pluto was discovered, and both were named in honor of the Roman god of the underworld, Pluto.
The element polonium was named for the country Poland.
The element plutonium got its symbol "Pu" because it is a radioactive element named after the planet Pluto. Its discovery was highly publicized, leading to the decision to name it after Pluto and assign it the symbol "Pu" based on the first two letters of its name.
Mercury from both the planet and the Roman god; Uranium is named after the planet Uranus and Plutonium after the (former) planet Pluto; Neptunium, after the planet Neptune. Tellurium, element 52, gets its name from the Latin "tellus" meaning Earth. Not planets, but element 2, Helium is named from the Greek helios, Sun, and Selenium from the Greek selene, Moon.
Americium is an element named for a country in the western hemisphere.
Plutonium is the element named after the planet Pluto. It is a radioactive element with a half-life of thousands of years, not millions.
Probably Plutonium but I do not think it is named after Pluto.
plutonium
Plutonium is the radioactive element named after the god of the underworld, Pluto. It is used in nuclear reactors and weapons due to its high radioactivity.
Plutonium is named after the planet Pluto. Neptunium is named after the planet Neptune. Uranium is named after the planet Uranus.
The element plutonium was named after the dwarf planet Pluto. Plutonium was discovered in 1940, the same year that Pluto was discovered, and both were named in honor of the Roman god of the underworld, Pluto.
Plutonium is an element. It is named for the Ancient Roman god of the underworld, Pluto. This follows the pattern for naming of all planets after the Greco-Roman gods. At the time it was named, Pluto was considered to be a planet.
"U" is named for Uranus, a planet in the solar system, while "Pu" is named after Pluto, another planet. Another element named after a similar object is Neptunium, which is named after the planet Neptune.
Pluto. Is Pluto a planet these days?
The planet with a moon named Charon is Pluto. Charon is the largest of Pluto's five moons and it is about half the size of Pluto itself.
The element polonium was named for the country Poland.
The name of the chemical element plutonium is derived from the name of the dwarf planet Pluto. And the name of the planet is derived from the name of the Roman god of the underworld.