Oganesson, element #118, is named after Yuri Organessian, who was involved in the discovery of several elements. Organesson was first synthesized by bombarding a calcium nucleus into a californium nucleus. A very short-lived isotope of Organesson-294 (half-life of about 1 millisecond) was created.
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