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A common criticism of the Bohr model was that orbiting electrons should produce EM waves, lose energy, and therefore eventually spiral towards the nucleus. Similarly, if gravitational waves exist, won't the Earth/other planets fall into the Sun?

by /u/raddaya in /r/askscience

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