2007-10-27 15:45:45 · 11 answers · asked by keyser soze 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
No, it's electrostatic attraction to the protons in the nucleus. Gravity is an extremely weak force, and plays an imperceptible role on the atomic scale. But the electric force, like gravity, is an inverse square law with distance. That's why electrons, like planets, can have stable orbits.
2007-10-27 18:33:09 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To orbit what?
An atom's nucleus- no.
A black hole? probably
I'm not even sure if at the quantum level, you can assume an electron even has an orbit. I think it's more of a cloud than a little marble moving around. These clouds have all kinds of weird shapes.
2007-10-27 16:03:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Gravitational force has got nothing to do with the electrons in the orbit. If it is so, the structure of the matter in space would have been changed.
2007-10-27 16:52:18 · answer #3 · answered by Joymash 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It has nothing to do with gravity. They are attracted to each other because of their charge. They have other forces that force them out.
Short answer; if electrons and protons were the size of
bowling balls, we'd expect them to slam into each other.
But very small particles do some very weird things...
one of which is, they never stop moving even in response
to a totally attractive force which would otherwise
just bring them slamming together.
2007-10-27 16:02:18 · answer #4 · answered by eric l 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It quite isn't. there are various a thank you to contemplate how electrons behave in atoms, and non of them contain gravity, that's approximately 40 orders of magnitude too vulnerable to have any result.
2016-10-14 05:52:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,
It is held in orbit by a combination of nuclear and electrical forces.
Gravity is the weakest of all forces the correction factor for it is 6.67*10^-11
2007-10-27 15:49:57 · answer #6 · answered by Nicolas C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ELECTRONS DO NOT ORBIT THE NUCLEUS ; they do not move like planets around the sun. They move in orbitals which are really weird shapes.
2007-10-28 00:41:06 · answer #7 · answered by brian777999 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The electrons has nothing to do with gravity, the protons in the nucleus is acting to it to its movement.
2007-10-27 16:27:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, an object the size of an atom has no appreciable gravity.
2007-10-27 15:50:38 · answer #9 · answered by Me 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, at the atomic level, gravity is not a concern.
2007-10-27 15:54:00 · answer #10 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋