Which Happened First?

Discovery of livermorium

Discovery of livermorium
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Livermorium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Lv and atomic number 116. It is an extremely radioactive element that has only been created in laboratories and has not been observed in nature; about 35 livermorium atoms had been made as of 2020.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Discovery of fleroviumJanuary 1999
  2. Discovery of livermorium (this page)July 2000
  3. Discovery of oganessonJune 2002
  4. Discovery of QuaoarJune 4, 2002
  5. Discovery of moscoviumAugust 2003
  6. Discovery of SednaNovember 14, 2003

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