Moscovium is a synthetic element. Only a few details are known about it. It was earlier referred to as ununpentium, a placeholder name that means one-one five in Latin. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) approved the name moscovium for element 115 in 2016.
It was discovered in 2003 and announced on February 2, 2004. Moscovium was created and announced by the scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, and the scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States.
The element is named in honour of the region where experiments linked to its creation took place.
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