Question

What are 5 elements named after people?

Answer 1

Seventeen elements are named after people.

Explanation:

The five most recent elements to be named after people are:

• `""_118"Og"(sf"Oganesson")"`; named after the Russian nuclear physicist Yuri Oganessian (discovered in 2002; named in 2016.)

• `""_116"Lv" (sf"Livermorium")`; named for the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in Livermore, California, which is in turn named after a rancher, who had the last name of Livermore (discovered in 2000; named in 2012)

• `""_114"Fl" (sf"Flerovium")`; named for the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Dubna, Russia. The name of the laboratory, in turn, honours the Russian physicist, Georgy Flerov (discovered in 1998; named in 2012.)

• `""_112"Cn"(sf"Copernicium")`; Nicolaus Copernicus (discovered in 1996; named in 2009)

• `""_111"Rg" (sf"Roentgenium")`; Wilhelm Roentgen (discovered in 1994; named in 2004)

(Adapted from www.ptable.com)