2007-03-27 13:26:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No. It's lacking in quantum effects and is neither a boson nor a fermion.
2007-03-27 13:46:28 · answer #1 · answered by Isaac Laquedem 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only similarity is small particles (planets and electrons) in some kind of binding with a large particle (sun, atomic nucleus).
Other than that, you might as well call a mother and 8 kids an atom.
In the atoms, electrons are identical. The scenario of electrons orbiting the nucleus is best fit with atomic characteristics, but is not necessarily reality. Nobody has seen inside an atom, and nobody could - apart from the infitessimal small size, the electrons are thought to be spinning at billions of revs a second, making the atom apparently solid due to electrons being basically everywhere at once.
There are many more dissimilarities, but a major one is the forces holding the atom together. the nuclear forces are trillions of times more powerful than gravity. Gravity between tiny objects is negligable and almost unmeasurable, whereas there is enough nuclear energy in a kilogram of matter to power a city, if you had the ability to unlock it all.
2007-03-27 21:04:55 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not, it is made of 'atoms' which in turn are made of smaller particles.
The view of an atom being like the solar system, with the sun being a nucleus of protons and neutrons and the planets being the electrons is completely false.
It is useful as an analogy to atomic structure only in the first instance of learning.
2007-03-27 20:30:22 · answer #3 · answered by Maria G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, obviously not. Scientists are very specific about what they label 'atoms' and I am sure the solar system is not one. The solar system is made up of squillions of atoms so what would they be if the solar system was just one?
2007-03-27 20:31:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you could look at it that way. out solar system is just a mere atom of the whole universe. but physically no, cause then what would you call earth's atoms? and atomos in latin is "invisible" which the solar system technially is not
2007-03-27 20:36:25 · answer #5 · answered by wintermag52 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"The Solar System comprises the Sun and the retinue of celestial objects gravitationally bound to it: the eight planets, their 162 known moons,three currently identified dwarf planets and their four known moons, and thousands of small bodies. This last category includes asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and interplanetary dust."
Doesn't sound like an atom to me.
2007-03-27 20:34:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There are many atom in the system
2007-03-28 15:29:18 · answer #7 · answered by JAMES 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As science defines the atom, of course not.
2007-03-27 20:29:49 · answer #8 · answered by josh m 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, but the universe IS one large organism.
2007-03-27 20:30:10 · answer #9 · answered by michael 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, because the planets aren't negatively charged.
2007-03-27 20:34:46 · answer #10 · answered by John L 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋