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ELI5 version, why doesnt an elephant fall into a mouse? because the elephant wavelength is too long to fit inside the mouse, so it nestles around the mouse at S1 orbit.

so, why doesnt an electron fall into a nucleus?

because the nucleus is too small to encompass an electron wave.



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