(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) In honor of scientist and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the discovering team around Professor Sigurd Hofmann suggested the name "copernicium" with the element symbol "Cp" for the new element 112, discovered at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung (GSI Center for Heavy Ion Research) in Darmstadt.
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