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How small is an electron?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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How to Define an Atom's Size

An atom is when it starts to push back another atom and how much when you cram them inside of a box. So that's an atom, but I guess it gets trickier when you talk about individual particles. And so let's go down one more level to the proton inside of the nucleus. How big would you say a proton is? This is a wonderful question.

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