Darmstadtium team proposed the name "becquerelium" after Henri Becquerel. The American team in 1997 proposed the name "hahnium" after Otto Hahn (previously this name had been used for element 105). The name "darmstadtium" (Ds) was suggested by the GSI team in honor of the city of Darmstadt, where the element was discovered. The GSI team originally also considered naming the element "wixhausium", after the suburb of Darmstadt known as Wixhausen where the element was discovered, but eventually decided on "darmstadtium". The new name was officially recommended by IUPAC on August 16, 2003. Darmstadtium has no stable or naturally occurring isotopes. Several
Otto Finsch apparently so as to obtain authorship. Some species of parrot bear his name, including the lilac-crowned parrot, "Amazona finschi", and the grey-headed parakeet, "Psittacula finschii". A species of monitor lizard, "Varanus finschi", is named after him, as he collected what would become the holotype for this species. The crater Finsch on the Moon is also named in his honor. Otto Finsch Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (8 August 1839 – 31 January 1917, Braunschweig) was a German ethnographer, naturalist and colonial explorer. Finsch was born at Warmbrunn in Silesia to Mortiz Finsch and Mathilde née Leder. His father was in the