Ronbo256
11-05-2011, 08:25 PM
"World revolves around Copernicium
Temporarily called ununbium, copernicium, the new element 112, was named for Prussian astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), who first suggested that the Earth revolves around the sun, not the other way around, and starting the "Copernican Revolution." In a statement released in July 2009, Sigurd Hofmann, head of the discovery team at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Germany, said they named the element after Copernicus "to honor an outstanding scientist, who changed our view of the world."
Hofmann and his colleagues first created a single atom of this extremely radioactive element on Feb. 9, 1996, by smashing together zinc and lead. Since then, a total of about 75 atoms of copernicium have been created and detected. It wasn't until 10 years after the discovery and multiple repeat experiments that the working group recognized element 112."
If we smash them hard enough with the lead WW's we might get a little copernicium, LOL :holysheep Here's the link for the 3 newest elements added to the periodic table yesterday. http://www.livescience.com/16887-elements-copernicus.html
Temporarily called ununbium, copernicium, the new element 112, was named for Prussian astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), who first suggested that the Earth revolves around the sun, not the other way around, and starting the "Copernican Revolution." In a statement released in July 2009, Sigurd Hofmann, head of the discovery team at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Germany, said they named the element after Copernicus "to honor an outstanding scientist, who changed our view of the world."
Hofmann and his colleagues first created a single atom of this extremely radioactive element on Feb. 9, 1996, by smashing together zinc and lead. Since then, a total of about 75 atoms of copernicium have been created and detected. It wasn't until 10 years after the discovery and multiple repeat experiments that the working group recognized element 112."
If we smash them hard enough with the lead WW's we might get a little copernicium, LOL :holysheep Here's the link for the 3 newest elements added to the periodic table yesterday. http://www.livescience.com/16887-elements-copernicus.html