Bohr Planetary Model
The Bohr Model is probably familar as the "planetary model" of the atom
illustrated in the adjacent figure that, for
example, is used as a symbol for atomic
energy (a bit of a misnomer, since the energy in
"atomic energy" is actually the
energy of the nucleus, rather than the entire
atom).
In the Bohr Model the
neutrons and protons (symbolized by red and green
balls in the adjacent image)
occupy a dense central region called the
nucleus, and the electrons orbit the
nucleus much like planets orbiting the Sun (but
the orbits are not confined to a
plane as is approximately true in the Solar
System).
The image shown above is not to
scale since in the realistic case the radius of
the nucleus is about 100,000 times
smaller than the radius of the entire atom, and
as far as we can tell electrons are
point particles without a physical extent.