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From: urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban)
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Elements
Message-ID: <563@spp2.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 12:06:27 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 29 12:06:27 1985
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References: <385@ho95b.UUCP> <252@gcc-bill.ARPA>
Reply-To: urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike urban)
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Summary: 

In article <252@gcc-bill.ARPA> lip@gcc-bill.UUCP (Sethmodius Lipkin) writes:
>>Which chemical elements are named after members of the solar system,
>>or have names derived from the same source as members of the
>>solar system?
>
>How about:
>
>1) Uranium
>2) Plutonium
>3) Helium         (Helios - the Sun)
>4) Mercury
>5) Titanium       (either Titan, moon of Saturn, or Titania, moon of Uranus)
>6) Europium       (Europa, moon of Jupiter)
>7) Cerium         (Ceres - asteroid)
>8) Palladium      (Pallas - asteroid)
>9) Neptunium

You left out (at least):
Tellurium	(Tellus, the Latin word for "earth" (E.E. Smith uses it))
Selenium	(Selene, the moon)
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   Mike Urban
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