The recently discovered 118 element in the Periodic Table has been named after Yuri Oganessian who leads the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia. He is the only living person to have an element named after him. The super-heavy atom is named Oganesson and has the symbol Og. The other three recently discovered elements are named as follows:
Nihonium and symbol Nh, for the element 113
Moscovium and symbol Mc, for the element 115
Tennessine and symbol Ts, for the element 117
