If some of the elements on the periodic table can only be produced in a lab, why are they considered elements?

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Some of the high number elements only last for seconds or less, why do they get a spot on the table if they would never be found naturally?

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It may be produce in a lab but they are still elements, meaning the matter is only made up of one type of atom.

The Lab environment maybe unnatural on Earth but there’s a possibility it could be natural elsewhere in the universe.

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