From: gerry@bindweed.com   
      
   In article <4f10af2b-1398-4e96-b4df-506bb3299c66@googlegroups.com>,   
   banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com says...   
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   > [orbital mechanics]   
   >   
   > The above fact is obvious to us, as we are all a part of it all. But   
   > what do we really know about the atom, or more particularly, the   
   > electron which according to the most accepted model revolves around the   
   > nucleus? Surely there will be such shifts in the electron's orbit as are   
   > not discernible with the Earth orbit, for electrostatic effects from   
   > other orbiting electrons will be involved; and thus the individual   
   > electron's orbit should be more erratic than that of any heavenly   
   > body. The direct application of centrifugal force computations for the   
   > electron, by equating to the constant electrostatic centripetal force,   
   > for finding the basic parameters as velocity and radial distance, sounds   
   > rather simplistic, consequently.   
      
   Treating the electron as a classical orbiting body is extremely   
   simplistic in itself.  Any detailed study of electrons in atoms has to   
   be based on quantum mechanics.  Indeed, the Bohr model itself works on   
   the basis that only orbits of certain energy levels are permitted,   
   something that would not apply to a classical orbiting body.   
      
   Interactions with other electrons are indeed extremely relevant, but   
   these interactions are analysed in terms of models that are even more   
   explicitly quantum in nature.  It is unlikely that a model based on the   
   interactions of negatively-charged classical bodies would yield much of   
   use.   
      
   - Gerry Quinn   
      
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