Hantaro Nagaoka

Japanese physicist

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In atom: Models of atomic structure
Japanese physicist Nagaoka Hantaro in particular developed the “Saturnian” system in 1904. The atom, as postulated in this model, was inherently unstable because, by radiating continuously, the electron would gradually lose energy and spiral into the nucleus. No electron could thus remain in any particular orbit indefinitely.
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