Timeline of the Big Science
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Updated: 17 Apr 2021
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Created byThomas Jacobs
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Muon neutrino theorizedPion discovered
Kaon discoveredElectron neutrino discoveredMuon neutrino discovered
Gluon theorizedUp quark theorized
Down quark theorized
Strange quark theorized
Higgs boson theorizedTachyon theorizedUp quark discovered
Down quark discovered
Strange quark discovered
W & Z bosons theorizedCharm quark theorizedTop quark theorized
Bottom quark theorizedCharm quark discoveredTau discovered
Tau neutrino theorizedBottom quark discoveredGluon discoveredW & Z bosons discoveredTop quark discoveredTau neutrino discoveredHiggs boson discoveredCopper is discovered.Lead is discovered.Gold is discovered.Iron and Silver are discovered.Carbon is discovered.Tin is discovered.Sulfur is discovered.Mercury is discovered.Zinc is discovered.Antimony and Arsenic are discovered.Bismuth is discovered.Phosphorus is discovered.Cobalt and Platinum are discovered.Nickel is discovered.Magnesium is discovered.Hydrogen is discovered.Oxygen is discovered.Barium is discovered.
Nitrogen, then called Azote, is discovered.Chlorine and Manganese are discovered.Molybdenum is discovered.Tungsten is discovered.Tellurium is discovered.Strontium is discovered.Lavoisier publishes his Table of Simple Substances.
Uranium and Zirconium are discovered.Titanium is discovered.Yttrium and Chromium are discovered.Beryllium, known as Glucinium, is discovered.Vanadium, as Panchromium, is discovered.
Niobium, as Columbium, is discovered.Tantalum and Palladium are discovered.Cerium, Osmium and Iridium are discovered.Rhodium is discovered.Discovery of Erythronium erroneously refuted.Potassium and Sodium are discovered.Boron and Calcium are discovered.Fluorine is discovered.Iodine is discovered.Lithium, Cadmium and Selenium are discovered.Silicon is discovered.Bromine and Aluminum are discovered.Thorium is discovered.Erythronium is rediscovered and renamed to Vanadium.Berzelius' Electronegativity Table is published.Lanthanum is discovered.Didymium is discovered.Gmelin's System is published.
Terbium and Erbium are discovered.Ruthenium is discovered.
Niobium is rediscovered and named in Germany.Cesium is discovered.Thallium and Rubidium are discovered.Indium is discovered.Naquet publishes his Families of Elements.
Norium, a discredited Hafnium discovery appears on the table.Helium is discovered in the Sun, but not added to the list of elements until 1895.
Julius Meyer publishes his periodicity of the elements.Mendeleev publishes the first draft of the Periodic Table of the Elements.Gallium is discovered, correctly matching Mendeleev's prediction.Ytterbium and Holmium are discovered.Samarium is discovered.
Scandium is discovered.
Thulium is discovered.Gadolinium is discovered.Praseodymium and Neodymium are discovered in Didymium, proving that it's not an element.Germanium and Dysprosium are discovered.
Fluorine is isolated from fluorite.The periodic table's arrangement rotates 90°.Argon is discovered.Helium is isolated on Earth.Europium is discovered.Krypton. Neon, Xenon, Polonium and Radium are discovered.Radon, as "Radium Emanation", is discovered.Protactinium, as Uranium X₂, is discovered.Actinium is discovered.Ytterbium and Lutetium are discovered twice independently. However, the discoverers cannot agree on names.Rhenium is discovered as "Nipponium". However, it is erroneously believed to be Element 43.Elements 70 and 71 are officially named.The "Emanation gas" is renamed to Niton.Protactinium, known as brevium, is discovered.
"Celtium" is erroneously discovered.Henry Moseley discovers the atomic number. Prior to this, elements had been numbered loosely by weight.Brevium is renamed Protoactinium.IUPAC is founded.Yttrium and Samarium's symbols gradually change.Hafnium is discovered."Celtium"'s discovery is discredited.
Beryllium's alternative name, Glucinium, falls out of common use.
Niton is renamed to Radon.Rhenium is rediscovered.
"Masurium" is erroneously discovered.Around this time, the Periodic Table gets its modern look.
"Illinium" is erroneously discovered."Virginium" is erroneously discovered."Alabamine" is erroneously discovered.The isobar rule disproves the discoveries of Masurium, Illinium, Alabamine and Virginium.
"Ausonium" and "Hesperium" are erroneously discovered.Technetium is discovered.The discoveries are Ausonium and Hesperium are discredited.Francium is discovered.Astatine is discovered.
Neptunium is discovered.
Plutonium is discovered.Promethium is discovered.Elements 95 and 96 are discovered.Element 97 is discovered.
Columbium is renamed to Niobium.
Protoactinium is renamed to Protactinium.
Lutecium is renamed to Lutetium.Element 98 is discovered.Elements 99 and 100 are discovered.Discovery of Element 101.Erroneous discovery of Element 102.Discovery of Element 102 retracted.Element 103 is discovered.Element 102 is discovered.Element 104 is discovered.Element 105 is discovered.Element 106 is discovered.Element 107 is discovered.Element 109 is discovered.Element 108 is discovered.IUPAC renames groups by their number.IUPAC proposes the 1992 compromise to name Elements 102 and 104-109.IUPAC proposes the 1994 compromise to name Elements 102 and 104-109.
Elements 110 and 111 are discovered.IUPAC proposes the 1995 compromise to name Elements 102 and 104-109.Element 112 is discoveredIUPAC's 1997 compromise ends the Transfermium Wars, officially naming Elements 102 and 104-109.Element 114 is discovered.
Element 118 is erroneously discovered, along with Element 116. Proposed name is Ghorsium.Element 116 is discovered.
Discovery of Element 118 is retracted.Element 118 is discovered.Element 115 is discovered.
Darmstadtium is confirmed and named.Roentgenium is confirmed and named.
Element 113 is discovered.Element 112 is confirmed.Copernicium is officially named.Elements 114 and 116 are confirmed.
Element 117 is discovered.Flerovium and Livermorium are officially named.Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 are confirmed and named.Venus ♀Mars ♂Mercury ☿Jupiter ♃
Saturn ♄♃1. Io
♃2. Europa
♃3. Ganymede
♃4. Callisto♄1. Titan♄1. Iapetus♄1. Rhea♄1. Tethys
♄2. DioneUranus ⛢⛢1. Titania
⛢2. Oberon♄1. Mimas
♄2. EnceladusCeresNeptune ♆
♆1. Triton♄1. Hyperion⛢1. Ariel
⛢2. Umbriel♂1. Phobos
♂2. Deimos♃1. Amalthea♄1. Phoebe♃1. Himalia♃1. Elara♃1. Pasiphae♃1. SinopePluto♃1. Lysithea
♃2. Carme⛢1. Miranda♆1. Nereid♃1. Ananke♄1. Janus
♄2. Epimetheus♃1. Leda♃1. Themisto
♃2. Callirrhoe
♃3. Megaclite
♃4. Taygete
♃5. Chaldene
♃6. Harpalyke
♃7. Kalyke
♃8. Iocaste
♃9. Erinome
♃10. Isonoe
♃11. Praxidike
♃12. Dia
♄1. Ymir
♄2. Paaliaq
♄3. Tarvos
♄4. Ijiraq
♄5. Suttungr
♄6. Kiviuq
♄7. Mundilfari
♄8. Albiorix
♄9. Skathi
♄10. Erriapus
♄11. Siarnaq
♄12. ThrymrP1. Charon♃1. Thebe
♃2. Adrastea
♃3. Metis♄1. Helene
♄2. Telesto
♄3. Calypso
♄4. Atlas
♄5. Prometheus
♄6. Pandora♆1. Larissa⛢1. Puck⛢1. Cordelia
⛢2. Ophelia
⛢3. Bianca
⛢4. Cressida
⛢5. Desdemona
⛢6. Juliet
⛢7. Portia
⛢8. Rosalind
⛢9. Belinda♆1. Naiad
♆2. Thalassa
♆3. Despina
♆4. Galatea
♆5. Proteus♄1. Pan⛢1. Caliban
⛢2. Sycorax⛢1. Prospero
⛢2. Setebos
⛢3. Stephano
⛢4. Perdita♃1. Autonoe
♃2. Thyone
♃3. Hermippe
♃4. Aitne
♃5. Eurydome
♃6. Euanthe
♃7. Euporie
♃8. Orthosie
♃9. Sponde
♃10. Kale
♃11. Pasithee
⛢1. Trinculo
⛢2. Francisco
⛢3. Ferdinand♃1. Arche
♆1. Halimede
♆2. Sao
♆3. Laomedeia
♆4. Neso♃1. Hegemone
♃2. Mneme
♃3. Aoede
♃4. Thelxinoe
♃5. Kallichore
♃6. Helike
♃7. Carpo
♃8. Eukelade
♃9. Cyllene
♃10. Kore
♃11. Herse
♃12. S/2003 J 18
♃13. Eirene
♃14. Philophrosyne
♃15. Eupheme
♃16. S/2003 J 19
♃17. S/2001 J 16
♃18. S/2003 J 9
♃19. S/2003 J 2
♃20. S/2003 J 4
♃21. S/2003 J 10
♃22. S/2003 J 12
♃23. S/2003 J 23
♄1. Narvi
⛢1. Margaret
⛢2. Mab
⛢3. Cupid
♆1. Psamathe♄1. Methone
♄2. Pallene
♄3. Polydeuces
♄4. Aegir
♄5. Bebhionn
♄6. Bergelmir
♄7. Bestla
♄8. Farbauti
♄9. Fenrir
♄10. Fornjot
♄11. Hati
♄12. Hyrrokkin
♄13. S/2004 S 7
♄14. S/2004 S 12
♄15. S/2004 S 13
♄16. S/2004 S 17
Haumea♄1. Daphnis
P1. Nix
P2. Hydra
H1. Hi'iaka
H2. Namaka
Makemake
Eris
E1. Dysnomia♄1. Kari
♄2. Loge
♄3. Skoll
♄4. Surtur
♄5. Jarnsaxa
♄6. Greip
♄7. S/2006 S 1
♄8. S/2006 S 3♄1. Anthe
♄2. Tarqeq
♄3. S/2007 S 2
♄4. S/2007 S 3♄1. Aegaeon♄1. S/2009 S 1♃1. S/2010 J 1
♃2. S/2010 J 2♃1. S/2011 J 2
♃2. S/2011 J 1
P1. KerberosP2. Styx♆1. Hippocamp♃1. S/2016 J 1
♃2. Valetudo
M1. S/2015 (136472) 1♃1. S/2017 J 1
♃2. S/2017 J 2
♃3. S/2017 J 3
♃4. Pandia
♃5. S/2017 J 5
♃6. S/2017 J 6
♃7. S/2017 J 7
♃8. S/2017 J 8
♃9. S/2017 J 9♃1. Ersa♄1. S/2004 S 20
♄2. S/2004 S 21
♄3. S/2004 S 22
♄4. S/2004 S 23
♄5. S/2004 S 24
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♄11. S/2004 S 30
♄12. S/2004 S 31
♄13. S/2004 S 32
♄14. S/2004 S 33
♄15. S/2004 S 34
♄16. S/2004 S 35
♄17. S/2004 S 36
♄18. S/2004 S 37
♄19. S/2004 S 38
♄20. S/2004 S 39Proton theorizedElectron theorizedElectron discoveredPhoton theorizedPhoton discoveredProton discoveredNeutron theorizedElectron neutrino theorizedNeutron discoveredGraviton theorizedPion theorizedMuon discovered
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