Replica of Trojan asteroids fits in single atom In a paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the Rice University team showed they could cause an electron in an atom to orbit the nucleus in precisely the same way that Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids orbit the sun. The findings uphold a prediction made in 1920 by famed Danish physicist Niels Bohr about the relationship between the then-new science of quantum mechanics and Isaac Newton’s tried-and-true laws of motion. Using atoms to model the solar system. Badass.
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Replica of Trojan asteroids fits in single atom

In a paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the Rice University team showed they could cause an electron in an atom to orbit the nucleus in precisely the same way that Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids orbit the sun.

The findings uphold a prediction made in 1920 by famed Danish physicist Niels Bohr about the relationship between the then-new science of quantum mechanics and Isaac Newton’s tried-and-true laws of motion.

Using atoms to model the solar system.

Badass.

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