If the solar system was microscopic, what nuculi would it resemble, with the planets corosponding to protons and nutrons. What would it most resemble?
2006-08-20 16:58:28 · 6 answers · asked by ntlgnce 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
the sun, being in the centre, wld most likely resemble a nucleus and since we hav 9 planets, (ignoring all de debates of new planets) we wld hav 9 electrons which corresponds with fluorine, however the solar system does not resembles an atomic structure to start wif, planets are different frm electron orbitals, and the sizes and distance proportions are all too different.
2006-08-20 17:06:42 · answer #1 · answered by ThoughTs 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your analogy is flawed. The Sun is like the nucleus with protons and neutrons, and the planets are more like electons in orbit around the nucleus. The relative distances are different, so the solar system doesn't correspond to an atom.
2006-08-21 00:09:12 · answer #2 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Solar System IS microscopic... Size is relative (ask Einstein). I suppose you are asking which atomic structure it would resemble most... none. The relationship/similarity is based on the simplicity of atoms=
cells=
planets=
star systems=
galaxies=
universes... The complexities between them are manmade. To try to make A=2 is irrelevant. Therefore an argument for any atomic equality is useless.
2006-08-21 00:09:19 · answer #3 · answered by Robb 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The nucleus would be the size of a pin. The planets could not correspond to protons and neutrons. They would be the electrons. The sun would be the nucleus. Their distances would not be proportionate, though. That, said, there is a lot of empty quantum space between the "orbiting"electron cloud and the nucleus.
2006-08-21 00:11:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't. Atoms are completely different in structure from planetary systems. In a planetary system, the planets each have a specific position and momentum, and the changes in these can be computed for a specific future time. Atoms are not in the least like this: the electrons do not have specific positions or momenta, and you cannot calculate the future position of any of the particles: all you can do is predict the probability of finding a particle in a specific small region of space.
2006-08-21 00:06:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, with Pluto's status of being a planet currently in question, the answer will vary.
2006-08-21 00:04:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋