What chemical elements got their names from the names of celestial bodies?
September 18, 2020 | Education
| Eight chemical elements got their name from celestial bodies: helium from Helios – the Sun, selenium from Selene – the Moon, tellurium from Tellus – Earth, uranium, neptunium and plutonium from the planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, palladium and cerium from the largest asteroids Pallas and Ceres …
