I remember doing a question in physics where a Bohr atom is approached from an orbital point of view mathematically. The orbits would decay in very little time. No the solar system was used as an analogy for atoms but really electrons propagate in various quantum momentum modes they don't really orbit. They are a little like light in the way they can propagate. Perhaps a new analogy is to compare atoms to a guitar and all it's chords.
2006-11-09 17:01:13
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answered by slatibartfast 3
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If you are refering to how the planets orbit the sun like the electrons orbit an atoms nucleus, well... that picture of the atom is quite inaccurate, and mainly just an idealized depiction.
The actually structure of an atom doesn't resemble a solar system at all... This has to do with quantum physics. The electrons exist as a cloud of probability... It is quite difficult to conceptualize, but at any given time there is a volume where the electron might be... They actually kind of appear and disappear without actually moving in a path from one place to the other..
For the 1st two electrons of an atom that probability volume is a sphere around the nucleus, but when the atom has more electrons, the space becomes more complex.. The 3rd and fourth electrons for example occupy dumbbell shaped spaced perpendicular to each other.
2006-11-10 06:15:30
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answered by Leonardo D 3
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You have it the wrong way around. The model of the atom which is commonly taught in school as an introduction to atomic structure was formulated first by Neils Bohr who got the idea while studying the solar system. The model of the atom which working scientists use now is a purely mathematical construction which has little resemblance to the solar system. Bohr's planetary model is still used to teach introductory atomic structure mainly because it can be easily drawn on a two dimensional chalk board. Also, there is nothing incorrect about it - it just does not fully explain all the things that we have learned in the years since Bohr came up with it about the way atoms work.
2006-11-09 16:36:29
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answered by JimWV 3
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No it is definitely not. The planetary model of the atom was replaced by the cloud model long ago. The reason is because an electrons aren't in "orbits" in the sense planets are, and that electrons could be anywhere (under some restrictions) inside the atom.
The planetary model definitely helps in figuring out the energy levels, but it is in no way a correct representation of an atom.
2006-11-09 16:36:43
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answered by Anonymous
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The diagrams used to introduce the structure of the atom are often similar to diagrams of our solar system. This is inaccurate. The planets basically do orbit around in a plane, but really, electrons orbit in three dimensions (not just in one plane) and often change direction as one electron repells another while in orbit.
In compounds (atoms linked, or bonded, together) it's my understanding that the electrons from one atom move very easily from orbiting one element's neutron to another, then shifting to another and another.
So, diagramatically, the comparison innacurate but serves to introduce the structure of the atom. Soon afterwards the three-dimentional characteristic of atoms and molecules is introduced or should be rapidly understood. Really, if all atoms and molecules and compounds were flat, wouldn't we be living in a very flat world??
Enjoy chemistry! Among many other ways, it's made me a much better cook, especially considering the combination of characteristics of edible light vegetable oils.
2006-11-09 18:34:52
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answered by plenum222 5
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You're comparing to the Bohr atom, which is no longer considered to be valid. There are no "orbits" of electrons. At the atomic scale, an electron within an atom is simply a probability density, which is not duplicated in the macroscopic world.
2006-11-09 19:19:19
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answered by arbiter007 6
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Classical physics describes a hydrogen atom as an electron orbiting a proton, lots because of the fact the Moon orbits Earth. by ability of the guidelines of classical physics, the electron has a assets stated as inertia that makes it decide to proceed traveling in a at present day line. the beautiful electric powered stress of the truthfully charged proton overcomes this inertia and bends the electron’s course right into a circle, making it stay in a closed orbit. The classical concept of electromagnetism says that charged debris (alongside with electrons) radiate capability whilst they bend their paths. If classical physics utilized to the atom, the electron could radiate away all of its capability. it could decelerate and its orbit could cave in into the proton interior a fragment of a 2d. even though, physicists comprehend that atoms could be sturdy for hundreds of years or longer. the easily answer lays in the undeniable fact that electrons orbit the nucleus not simply by gravity or the different situation defined by ability of Classical Physics. It grew to become into defined by ability of W.Heisenburg that sub-atomic debris reveal wave-particle duality that's defined by ability of Quantum Mechanics. The resemblence which our instructors coach at college is (that electrons orbit the nucleus like the planets orbit the sunlight) in basic terms for the reason that's basic to comprehend and is not the main suitable rationalization. nevertheless that's perplexing to comprehend the electron to coach wave-like properties, that's what Quantum Physics clarify properly.
2016-10-21 14:03:24
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answered by equils 4
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It could very well be. Quantum physics has determined that there are at least 10 ultramicroscopic spatial dimensions and 1 time dimension.
There is a thought that all universes (plural) are bounded by branes. Given these two considerations, why couldn't we be an ultramicroscopic dimension to some larger entity?
2006-11-09 16:30:42
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answered by Scarp 3
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Can give some example of it, sun is SUN and Atom is ATOM. there is no relationship with each other.
In fact that you ask about the rotational motion and atom information are research by Einsten.( relativity)
More details read about quantum physics....
2006-11-09 16:16:12
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answered by M.R.Palaniappa 2
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um... Well... ya... but then that must mean that the solar system is like an atom and then that mustmean that mabe the solar system is like an electron in the galawy and the galaxy in the universe.... I feel so small...
2006-11-09 18:11:23
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answered by christi 2
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