There's a giant mystery hiding inside every atom in the universe

FOX News ^ | 01/06/2019 | By Rafi Letzter

[Rebelbase]

I’m curious as to the relative size of and distance between the electrons and the nucleus.

Has anyone ever seen a relative size comparison of electron orbits versus our solar system or other large subject?

[goldbux]

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[central_va]

The answer is 42.

[Red Badger]

Your post is 43...................

[Openurmind]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger.

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[Red Badger]

That graphic chart is hilarious!........................

[Flick Lives]

“Do these valence electrons make me look fat?”

[samtheman]

https://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae688.cfm

[samtheman]

I could follow the explanation of the EMC effect... but got lost trying to understand what’s different in the competing theory.

Any single-paragraph summary would be appreciated.

[central_va]

Missed it by that much.

[Red Badger]

Three quarks walk into a bar..........................

https://www.livescience.com/64844-quarks-emc-effect-nucleus.html

[samtheman]

Thanks.

I’ll give this one a try.

[samtheman]

That did help. Thanks.

[To Hell With Poverty]

I’ve always thought your posts are beautiful things, DP. Your positivity and thoughtfulness in the face of your challenges is inspiring to see. :)

[DouglasKC]

I don't know how to express it mathematically but here is what is happening:

The fabric of space/time is constantly expanding. If there were no matter then this expansion would be at a uniform rate everywhere.

However there is matter. And all matter causes "drag" on the expansion of space time. The more mass, the more drag. The expansion of space/time slows down, or drags more, the more massive an object is.

For example the sun causes a tremendous amount of drag. We call the visible effects of this "gravity". Gravity is simply the slowing of the expansion of space/time around a massive object.

Imagine taking a golf ball, a basketball, a marble and a grain of sand and shrink wrapping plastic wrap around it and then stretching it tight at a constant rate. Anything near the basketball is going to cause less drag because it's near the basketball which is causing a tremendous amount of drag. This drag is also pulling and stretching the basketball at the same time. Anything near the basketball is being stretched less than it would be if it were not near the basketball.

Consider what happens when an asteroid or comet "falls" to earth. It is torn apart by what we call "friction" which is really just the result of being stretched and pulled by the much slower expansion of space/time as it gets closer to the surface of the earth. That's a rough analogy.

The same thing happens on a micro scale. Within an atom there is more mass at the nucleus. Remember space/time is wrapped tightly around all particles of matter. So within an atoms nucleus the protons and neutrons are exerting MORE drag which means they are being stretched more then free protons or neutrons. Which makes them bigger.

[Getready]

That characterizes the phenomenom...doesn’t really explain “why” based on your reference. They are called electron orbits..but do they orbit? Or just occupy a specific space under low energies a percentage of tbe time? Cheers....

[Big Red Badger]

dp,
Sorry about that,
Brudder.

[dp0622]

I love stuff like that. Gonna read now thanks

[dp0622]

Hey thanks I appreciate that :)