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In the real universe atomic element 118 is named [[wikipedia:Ununoctium|Ununoctium]], and is highly unstable.
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In the real universe atomic '''element 118''' was provisionally named '''''[[wikipedia:Ununoctium|Ununoctium]]''''' when it was first discovered, and it is highly unstable.
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As of 2016, [[wikipedia:IUPAC|IUPAC]] has announced the official name of '''Element 118''' as '''''[[wikipedia:Oganesson|Oganesson]]''''' (after Russian physicist [[wikipedia:Yuri Oganessian|Yuri Oganessian]]). Apparently 3000 years of evolution of the [[Anglic]] language has altered the morphology a bit.
  
 
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Revision as of 17:34, 13 July 2016

In the real universe atomic element 118 was provisionally named Ununoctium when it was first discovered, and it is highly unstable.

As of 2016, IUPAC has announced the official name of Element 118 as Oganesson (after Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian). Apparently 3000 years of evolution of the Anglic language has altered the morphology a bit.