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mkwt@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

If atoms were like the solar system, all of the electron orbits would lose energy and decay by emitting electromagnetic radiation.

The same type of decay does occur in the solar system as the planets emit gravitational radiation, but the decay rate is so miniscule we can’t really detect it.

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