Sentences with phrase «miniature solar system»

Atoms can be thought of as miniature solar systems, with a nucleus at the centre and electrons orbiting at certain specific distances from it.

The earlier «Bohr model» of the atom could be easily visualized; particle - like electrons were thought to follow orbits around the nucleus, resembling a miniature solar system.

Not only is it the largest planet in the Sun's family, it also presides over a miniature solar system of 53 known moons, a system of rings and an immense and powerful magnetic field.

Jupiter is also itself the center of a sort of miniature solar system, with dozens of moons orbiting around it.