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Bohr's model provided a theoretical base to the Rydberg formula, but incorrectly involves the idea that electrons orbit the nucleus in circular paths. Schrodinger's equations, which are a model in themselves, fix this and "correctly" involves the idea that electrons are not actual particles with defined points when in an atom, but actually have regions of where they are most likely to be (for example, a 1s electron is 99% probably at the nucleus, whereas a 2p electron will be somewhere in one of two "bubbles" nearby) - the electrons in your body have an extremely small, but still possible, chance of all being in Jupiter right now - and allows us to calculate the properties and locations of these electrons.

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