>In 1997, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry did
>what it could to correct the snub, by
>naming chemical element 109 after Meitner.

Heh, I remember reading about that, I think in Sam Kean's excellent The Disappearing Spoon. Also that there was a proposed element to be called Hahnium, but it turned out to be a false reading on an already-discovered element, and under IUPAC rules that means there can now never be an element called Hahnium. Kean presented this as evidence suggesting that there may, in fact, be justice in the universe after all. :)

--G.
I'm so disappointed they didn't call element 115 Elerium. Moscovium, forsooth.
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