IUPACのガイドラインでは、発見チームに新元素の命名権が与えられる[26]。リバモリウムの発見は、JWPにより2011年6月1日にフレロビウムとともに公式に認められた[16]。JINRの副所長によると、JINRのチームは当初は、研究所が所在するモスクワ州に因んでモスコビウムという名前にすることを考えていたが[27]、後にこの名前は115番元素に与えられることに決まった。リバモリウムという名前と記号のLvは、2012年[1][28]5月23日[29]に承認された。この名前は、カリフォルニア州リバモアに所在するLLNLがJINRと共同で発見したことに因んでいる[1] The naming ceremony for flerovium and livermorium was held in Moscow on 24 October 2012.[30]。フレロビウムとリバモリウムの命名の記念式典は、2012年10月24日にモスクワで開催された。
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