Element Namesakes

What are the namesakes of these elements?

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#	Element	People
62	Samarium	Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets
64	Gadolinium	Johan Gadolin
96	Curium	Marie Curie/Pierre Curie
99	Einsteinium	Albert Einstein
100	Fermium	Enrico Fermi
101	Mendelevium	Dmitri Mendeleyev
102	Nobelium	Alfred Nobel
103	Lawrencium	Ernest O. Lawrence
104	Rutherfordium	Ernest Rutherford
106	Seaborgium	Glenn T. Seaborg
107	Bohrium	Niels Bohr
109	Meitnerium	Lise Meitner
111	Roentgenium	Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
112	Copernicium	Nicolaus Copernicus
114	Flerovium	Georgy Flyorov
118	Oganesson	Yuri Oganessian

#	Element	Region
21	Scandium	Scandinavia
44	Ruthenium	Kievan Rus'
69	Thulium	Scandinavia
75	Rhenium	Rhine
95	Americium	America
98	Californium	California
108	Hassium	Hesse
117	Tennessine	Tennessee

#	Element	Celestial Body
2	Helium	Sun
34	Selenium	Moon
52	Tellurium	Earth
92	Uranium	Uranus
93	Neptunium	Neptune
94	Plutonium	Pluto

#	Element	Institution
97	Berkelium	University of California, Berkeley
116	Livermorium	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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Level 77

May 5, 2019

Good quiz. Interesting.