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What is the difference between an electrons orbital and a planets orbital?

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The words may sound similar "orbit" and "orbital", but both are actually quite different. In our solar system, the paths on which the planets revolve around are called orbits. When talking about orbitals, it is an uncertain area inside an atom within which the probability to find an electron(s) is highest.
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