'Copernicium' proposed as name for newly discovered element 112
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 20:07
in Astronomy & Space
In honour of scientist and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the discovering team around Professor Sigurd Hofmann suggested the name 'copernicium' with the element symbol 'Cp' for the new element 112, discovered at the GSI Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt...