In Rutherford's nuclear model of the atom, the nucleus (radius about `10^(-15)m`) is analogous to the sun about which the electron moves in orbit (radius about `10^(-10)m`) like the earth orbits around the sun. If the dimensions of the solar system had the same proportions as those of the atom, would the earth be closer to or further away form the sun than actually it is ? The radius of earth's orbit is about is `1.5xx10^(11)m`. The radius of the sun is taken as `7xx10^8m`.

Answer

Since `7xx10^(-13) > 1.5xx10^(11)`, the Earth would be much farther away from the sun.