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Compare the position of the subatomic particles in the plum-pudding and nuclear models

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Unlike the plum pudding model, where those atoms simply floated in "soup," Rutherford believed they orbited the central nucleus just as planets orbit the sun. He proposed that this happened because the central nucleus contained positively charged protons that forced the negatively charged electrons to orbit around it.
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