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It's aluminium you stupid Americans.
Only cuz y'all changed it to that
The global sciences community decided on a name change, only one country decided to be contrary.
only one country decided to stay true to the discoverer's chosen name
Ftfy
By that logic Uranus would be called "George's Star". Then the English nationalists would would get uppity about its name.
The discover generally has input, but when there's a group of experts responsible for maintaining a list of names of things: they decide what's right.
Out of all the examples you could've chosen you went with Uranus.... respect.