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The name will be decided by an international vote.

Ununpentium just means "115th element".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic_element_name

anything committee driven is bound to be uncreative imho...

So it probably will be Colbertium.

See e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert#COLBERT_Treadmi...

That would be terrible. It's one thing to name as fleeting as a treadmill after someone like Colbert, but I cringe at the thought of future science teachers in 2025 having to explain how an element is named after an entertainer they've never heard of.

reference: http://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Elerium-115

Lol yeah, this story popped right out at me because I spent so much time as an Area 51 / X-Files fiend when I was a kid. Tons of literature about "insiders" describing ununpentium as being the key to powering anti-grav and other alien technologies etc. Kind of funny to see this story now. Look up Bob Lazar for more info

Hell yeah!!

Bob Lazar! Lets call 115 Lazarium... or maybe Ununpentium itself!

All of the elements >=104 started off with a similar temporary systematic name until a final name was chosen. It may well end up being called Elerium.

Ununpentium means 115.