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Who saw the atom as mostly empty space with electrons orbiting around the nucleus?
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Rutherford.
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Suppose an astronomer discovers a large, spherical-shaped body orbiting the Sun. The body is composed mostly of rock, and there are no other bodies sharing its orbit.What is the best way to categorize this body?
The answer is (planet)
What is A small rocky objects that revolve around sun mostly between mars and Jupiter?
It is an asteroid.
What is a small rocky object that revolve around the sun mostly in the area between mars and Jupiter?
An asteroid.
What Small rocky objects that revolve around the sun mostly in the area between mars and Jupiter?
They are asteroids.
What is the difference between asteroid's meteoroids and meteorites?
A meteor is a "shooting star" -- a piece of space rock that enters Earth's atmosphere. If part of it reaches the surface, it is called a meteorite.While out in space, mostly orbiting the Sun, the same type of rock is called a meteoroid. However, the larger chunks of rock and ice are called asteroids.
Who discovered that electrons move in empty space in an atom?
It was Ernest Rutherford who discovered that atoms are mostly composed of empty space with electrons orbiting a very dense nucleus.
Where is the electron most likely to be found in the nucleus of an atom?
An atom mostly consists of empty space. Electrons revolve around the nucleus in a fixed orbit .
Where is the proton located in an atom?
In the nucleus of the atom, along with neutrons. The electrons are found around the nucleus. If the atom was the size of a Baseball stadium, the nucleus would be the size of a baseball! Most of the space in an atom is taken up by the electron cloud which surrounds the nucleus. That is why atoms are actually mostly empty space.
What is outside the nucleus of an atom?
Electrons.In the traditional, though not necessarily correct (physicists may debate it), view you can think of the electrons as like planets orbiting around a sun (the nucleus).The electron(s) orbit in a series of rings, with each ring being able to hold up to a maximum number of electrons. The heavier atoms have more electrons (and more rings) than the lighter ones.It is interesting to think how this model pictures the atom as mostly empty space. An atom, and therefore everything in the Universe, is mostly made up of absolutely nothing!
What is outside of an atoms nucleus?
Electrons.In the traditional, though not necessarily correct (physicists may debate it), view you can think of the electrons as like planets orbiting around a sun (the nucleus).The electron(s) orbit in a series of rings, with each ring being able to hold up to a maximum number of electrons. The heavier atoms have more electrons (and more rings) than the lighter ones.It is interesting to think how this model pictures the atom as mostly empty space. An atom, and therefore everything in the Universe, is mostly made up of absolutely nothing!
What is in side an atom?
Mostly nothing. There is a nucleus, but that is incredibly tiny, but it controls the properties. Electrons are mostly at the periphery.
Three pieces to an atom?
Protons and (mostly) also neutrons (same or more in number), all together in the nucleus.Electrons (same number as protons) orbiting around the centered nucleus in shell's with discrete diameters
Where is the proton in an atom?
In the nucleus of the atom, along with neutrons. The electrons are found around the nucleus. If the atom was the size of a Baseball stadium, the nucleus would be the size of a baseball! Most of the space in an atom is taken up by the electron cloud which surrounds the nucleus. That is why atoms are actually mostly empty space.
What is the Smallest possible particle part of an atom?
I'd venture to say the electrons themselves. They're so small they don't even exist in a concrete place, they are just in a cloud of places they could be. The nucleus is amazingly small compared to the size of the whole atom, but it still has weight, mostly unlike the electron.
What is an atom mostly?
Empty space makes up most of the atom which the negatively charged electrons use to orbit around the positively charged nucleus. The nucleus is made up of positively charged protons and neutral neutrons. The atom also has an electron cloud which is made up of, yes you guessed it, electrons
Do atomic nuclei have mostly empty spaces?
Yes, an atom is mostly empty space. That said, the space is also "occupied" space because the electrons swirl around the atom's nucleus in orbit. So although the space is not always in use, it is in use quite frequently.
What is the basis of a structure of an atom?
The basic structure of the atom has a nucleus in the center which contains protons (positively charged particles), and neutrons (neutral particles). Around the nucleus are the electrons (negatively charged particles). The atom is mostly empty space with very little mass.
