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The element named after the planet pluto?

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What is the element named after the planet Pluto - stays radioactive for millions of years and is dangerous?

Probably Plutonium but I do not think it is named after Pluto.


What element is named after plutonium?

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.


Why did plutonium get its name?

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.


What element was named after the planet Pluto and stays radioactive for millions of years?

Plutonium is the element named after the planet Pluto. It is a radioactive element with a half-life of thousands of years, not millions.


What metallic element is used in nuclear weapon and is named after a Greek god?

Plutonium. It is named after the ROMAN god Pluto. That's why the Lybians were after Doc Brown in Back to the Future...


Named for the god of the underworld radioactive element?

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.


What radioactive element was named after the planet Pluto?

The radioactive element plutonium was named after the planet Pluto. It was discovered in 1940 by Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy, and Edwin M. McMillan at the University of California, Berkeley.


What is the element that was named after a cartoon dog?

Krypton or Kr (Superman's dog is named Krypto.) .


Which element on the periodic table means Pluto?

The element Plutonium is the only element that is related to the word 'pluto'. But not sure if it means 'pluto'.


What are three element name after planet that is show on the periodic table?

Plutonium is named after the planet Pluto. Neptunium is named after the planet Neptune. Uranium is named after the planet Uranus.


What element is named after the dwarf planet Pluto?

Pluto was named after the Greek and Roman God of the lower world. (Roman name: Pluto; Greek name: Hades)Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906- January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930.