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suggested that element 94, being the next element in the series, be named for what was then considered the next planet, Pluto.[4][note 2] Seaborg originally considered the name "plutium", but later thought that it did not sound as good as "plutonium."[33] He chose the letters "Pu" as a joke, which passed without notice into the Periodic Table.[note 3] Alternate names considered by Seaborg and others were "ultimium" or "extremium" because of the now-discredited belief that they had found the last possible element on the periodic table.[34] suggested that element 94, being the next element in the series, be named for what was then considered the next planet, Pluto.[4][note 2] Seaborg originally considered the name "plutium", but later thought that it did not sound as good as "plutonium."[33] He chose the letters "Pu" as a joke, which passed without notice into the periodic table.[note 3] Alternate names considered by Seaborg and others were "ultimium" or "extremium" because of the now-discredited belief that they had found the last possible element on the periodic table.[34]

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