[DOC] [TLE] Helium, Chemical Element - structure, uses, elements, metal, gas ... [PAR] Helium was first discovered not on Earth, but in the Sun. In 1868 French 
astronomer Pierre Janssen (1824-1907) studied light from the Sun during a solar 
eclipse. ... The name comes from the Greek word helios for "sun." French 
astronomer Pierre Janssen discovered helium after studying the Sun during a full 
solar eclipse. [DOC] [TLE] Who Discovered Helium? - Universe Today [PAR] Mar 19, 2016 ... Whereas we tend to think of Helium as the hilarious gas that does ... The first 
evidence of helium was obtained on August 18th, 1868 by French astronomer 
Jules Janssen. While in Guntur, India, Janssen observed a solar eclipse through 
a prism, ... named the element helios, after the Greek word for the Sun. [DOC] [TLE] Pierre Janssen - Wikipedia [PAR] Pierre Jules Csar Janssen (22 February 1824  23 December 1907), also 
known as Jules ... In 1868 Janssen discovered how to observe solar 
prominences without an eclipse. While observing the solar eclipse of August 18, 
1868, at Guntur, Madras ... Edward Frankland named the element with the Greek 
word for the Sun,... [DOC] [TLE] On This Day  May 17 : English astronomer Sir Joseph Norman ... [PAR] While observing a spectrum of the sun during a solar eclipse in 1868, Lockyer ... 
He named this helium (He) after the Greek word for sun. ... On This Day  August 
18 : Helium (He) gas was discovered in the solar spectrum on this day in 1868. [DOC] [TLE] It's Elemental - The Element Helium [PAR] Period Number: 1 Group Number: 18 Group Name: Noble Gas ... For the Greek 
god of the sun, Helios. ... in the universe, was discovered on the sun before it was 
found on the earth. ... a yellow line in the sun's spectrum while studying a total 
solar eclipse in 1868. ... This unknown element was named helium by Lockyer. [DOC] [TLE] Chronology of Discoveries about the Sun - MrEclipse.com [PAR] Jan 22, 2008 ... First report of a comet discovered during a solar eclipse, seen by the historian .... 
Lockyer names this layer of the Sun's atmosphere the chromosphere in 1868 ... 
He later names it helium, after the Greek word helios, the Sun. ... in the Sun's 
photosphere are columns of hot gas rising from the interior and the... [DOC] [TLE] Nexus Research Group - How the elements were named [PAR] From the Greek word "Helios" - the Sun. In 1868 during an eclipse of the Sun, 
Scientists observed a spectral line caused by an unknown element. They named
... [DOC] [TLE] The Sun - Zoom Astronomy - Enchanted Learning [PAR] It is a huge, spinning ball of hot gas and nuclear reactions that lights up the Earth 
and provides up with heat. ... The element helium was named after the Sun (
called "Helios" in Greek) because it ... The element helium was discovered by 
Jules Janssen during the total solar eclipse of 1868 when he detected a ... Word 
Wheels... [DOC] [TLE] Helium: History [PAR] Hellium, the lighter of the noble gases, was the first to be discovered. ... In 1868, 
during a solar eclipse in India, a spectrometer was used for the first time in the ... 
Frankland proposed the name "helium" after the Greek word "Helios" for Sun. [DOC] [TLE] Copy of The Noble Gases by elena rodriguez on Prezi [PAR] Dec 9, 2015 ... ... of Helium in the solar spectrum during an eclipse on August 18, 1868. They 
named Helium after Greek god Helios who was the god of sun. ... It was called 
neon after Greek word for new, because it was discovered as... [DOC] [TLE] Noble Gases by Graham Preston on Prezi [PAR] Nov 24, 2014 ... Transcript of Noble Gases. Noble Gases Helium (He) ... Discovery and Origins 
Named after Helios, Greek god of the sun. First detected during a solar eclipse in 
1868 by Jules Janssen. Norman Lockyer was the first to ... Named after the

Question: This gas was named for the Greek word for "sun" after it was discovered during an eclipse in 1868
Answer: helium