A number of the heaviest elements on the periodic table are named for famous scientists.Element number 106 was most likely named for which famous scientist?
A) Alfred Nobel
B) Marie Curie
C) Albert Einstein
D) Glen Seaborg
E) Dmitri Mendeleev

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Element 106 was named Seaborgium in honor of Glenn T. Seaborg, an American nuclear chemist who discovered several transuranic elements, including plutonium and americium.

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