Monster name: Palladis
Palladium
- Atomic number
- 46
- Symbol
- Pd
- Series
- transition metals
- Group
- 10
- Period
- 5
- State of matter
- solid
- noble metal
- native element
The nobel metal palladium was named after the asteroid Pallas, which was discovered in the same time period as the element. The asteroid in return was named after Pallas Athena, an alternate name for the Greek goddess Athena. She is the goddess of wisdom, warfare and handicraft as well as name patron of the city of Athens.
