Question

In the Sun–Earth analogy for Rutherford’s nuclear model, what do the nucleus and the orbiting electrons correspond to?

Options

• The Sun and the Earth orbiting the Sun, respectively

• The Earth’s orbit and the Sun’s radius, respectively

• Two objects with the same radius, respectively

• The Earth and the Sun orbiting the Earth, respectively

Answer 1

The analogy compares the nucleus to the Sun. The electrons moving in orbits are compared to the Earth moving around the Sun.