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title: "List of chemical elements named after places"
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Of the 118 chemical elements, 41 are named after, or have names associated with, places around the world or among astronomical objects. 32 of these have names tied to the Earth and the other 10 have names connected to bodies in the Solar System.
The first table below lists terrestrial locations (excluding the entire Earth taken as a whole) and the last table lists astronomical objects which the chemical elements are named after.


== Terrestrial locations ==
  


== Astronomical objects ==

* - The element mercury was named directly for the deity, with only indirect naming connection to the planet (see etymology of mercury).
** - Phosphorus was the Ancient Greek name for the planet Venus. (see history of phosphorus).


== See also ==
List of chemical elements named after people
List of chemical element name etymologies


== References ==