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I can see how orbital mechanics would lead to these sorts of small-integer ratios being true for arbitrary periods and then disappearing, yet this fact still se
by derefr 3y ago
I can see how orbital mechanics would lead to these sorts of small-integer ratios being true for arbitrary periods and then disappearing, yet this fact still seems unintuitive/unsatisfying somehow.
I think it's because we're so all familiar with quantum electrodynamics now, that it actually seems somewhat counterintuitive that the (stable) orbits of planets aren't quantized valence shells!