comparing atoms to solar systems?

Question

i dont want any text book anwer to this , if your going to dont bother. i want to think out of the square a bit. so could they be the some thing just different size models. like one thing people say they cant be is ones governed by electro magnetic energy and the other by gravity but too do the comparison proply you have to speed up the planets and if you spead them up say too a trillion times or how much it had to be wouldnt gravity look alot like electro magnitic energy? what i really want to know about is that speed conversion cuz i dont think people take that into account when they think about the comparison. or do they?

Answer 1

Assuming that quantum mechanics had never been developed, and that the planetary model of the atom had been confirmed - no, electromagnetic energy would still not look like gravity.

1: There is no right-angle rule for gravity. No force of any kind is generated at right angles to a particle's motion through a gravitational field. In an atom, this right-angle rule is part of what makes permanent magnets.

2: More importantly, gravity never repels. Two bodies orbiting a third never gravitationally repel each other, and can in fact collide and combine into a more massive object. In an atom, this would be analogous to two electrons merging their charges and combining into a single "superelectron".

3: Some massive objects have no charge. They can move unaffected through an electromagnetic field. There is no such gravitational analog. A "gravitational neutron" doesn't exist.

Answer 2

I don't quite understand your question, however I can make three comments.
1. According to one of the relatrivity theories gravity is not a cosmic force. It is caused by space bending inward.
2.Electromagnetic energy is a wave functioning at a certain wave length and is one of the four basic forces.
3. If there was a way to increase the angular momemtum of the planets around the sun, the balance of the solar system would be upset 'cuz the planets would gain extra energy and would fly out of their orbits

This being said, and if I understand the question you are saying that the electromagnetic force = gravity. I am not qualified to comment on that but it's an interesting thought that you can develop.

Answer 3

Fortunately, scientists in the 1920s already answered your questions, when they developed their Quantum Mechanical models of atoms. In short, they proved that the "planetary model" is a very inaccurate representation of an atom.

Also, note that the electromagnetic force is very different from gravity, in many fundamental ways. So, unfortunately, there's no simple way to "unify" those forces.

Answer 4

The reason why people don't compare atoms to solar systems much is because they are not very similar. A solar system is flat, and an atom is three dimensional.

What would you learn from comparing a leaf to a mountain?

Answer 5

No, gravity wouldn't look like EM no matter how fast the planets move. They are different forces.

Answer 6

THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS NOT FLAT, amansscientiae.