What is an electron orbital?

Answer 1

Orbital shapes are conic sections.

A closed orbit is elliptical. That can include circular, but that's very unlikely, since the circle
is just an ellipse whose foci happen to exactly coincide.

An open orbit is hyperbolic. It can also be parabolic, but that's very unlikely, since the parabola
is just the exact boundary condition between closed and open orbits.

Answer 2

a equatorial orbit is not the same as a geostaninty orbist

Answer 3

Areas within an energy level that are occupied by the electrons

Answer 4

An electron orbital is a unique quantum mechanical energy state in an atom that can hold at most two electrons, each in opposite spin states. A given electron orbital can be empty, contain one electron (in either spin state), or be full with two electrons (one in each spin state) but the locations and movements of the electrons are probabilistic not deterministic due to the quantum nature of the electron orbitals.

There are diagrams of the various types of electron orbitals (e.g. s, p, d, f, g, h) each having a different "statistical shape". However one important thing to remember is this does not show the boundary of that orbital, only the probability that the electrons might be inside that boundary (the electrons can also be outside that boundary and still be in the electron orbital).

Answer 5

the earth is falling into the sun , however, its orbital speed is precisely enough to counteract this

Answer 6

The 3-D region in space where an electron is likely to be found 90 percent of the time... represented as a box with an up and down arrow in it.

Answer 7

An orbital is a mathematical equation which describe the movement of an electron in an atom.