In Reply to: Pop Quiz posted by geoffkait on December 31, 2022 at 08:49:24:
Aside from the the fact that the electron does not really "orbit" the nucleus like a satellite going around the Earth, it is the electrostatic force from the positively-charged protons in the nucleus that keeps the electron in the vicinity of the nucleus, confined to a certain orbital 'cloud' depending on the energy level of the electron.
Edits: 12/31/22
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