Y’all, I don’t know anymore

Neither really. The electronic orbit theory was based on general mechanics and how we observed gravity on the planetary systems. That model was quickly found to be unworkable and gave way to the electron cloud model which worked much better but later was abandoned. Yet it is much closer and for many intents and purposes workable for general understanding.

The current model is that the electrons exist in a quantum state where they exist everywhere and nowhere at once, completely ungulfing the electronic shell in their respective ring. Constantly popping in and out of place sometimes in multiple places at once. Based on using Heisenburgs uncertainty principle.


@SW-User can probably explain it better and in more detail while explaining where and how I have gotten this not quite correct.