you get to something without actually touching it?
2007-01-26 04:30:30 · 5 answers · asked by Philip McCrevice 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Technically speaking, on the quantum physics level, you never actually touch anything. The forces between atoms on your body and atoms on the object interact.
2007-01-26 04:34:49 · answer #1 · answered by bequalming 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends. In some situations you can be very close to an object and think that you touching it because you can feel it, but you might just be feeling the energy emitted by the object and there may only be a several nanometers of separation.
2007-01-26 16:16:15 · answer #2 · answered by Researcher of Knowledge 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strictly speaking there is nothing like touching an object. The clsoer you get, the diffrent are the interactions between the molecules that make up the substance. There is really no solid in this universe.
2007-01-26 12:35:07 · answer #3 · answered by Swamy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Approximately 0.529177 angstroms. This is the classical (Bohr) radius of an atom (that hydrogen atom, to be specific). So, any closer and the electrons will touch!
2007-01-26 12:36:18 · answer #4 · answered by Dr.T 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
VERY close!
Imagine this:
You are flying in an aeoplane up high!
You look out of window and you see clouds!
Can you touch them? No!
xD
2007-01-26 12:34:27 · answer #5 · answered by JonnyNewbrook 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋