Plutonium and Uranium

Uranium was first identified and named after the planet, which was named after the ancient god uranus. The researchers who identified neptunium in 19 forty followed suit. And later that year, so did glen seborg and his co workers at berkeley laboratory when they discovered plutonium. Just ten years earlier, astronomers had observed a new dwarf planet near neptune. To honor the roman god of the underworld, it was dubbed pluto. And plutonium derives its name from that heavenly body. Plutonium was the key ingredient in the first atomic bomb explosion on earth, which took place july sixteenth of 19 forty five. It was part of the manhattan pro top