EARNEST RUTHERFORD
- Put Thompson's and his idea together.
- Making it know as the planetary model.
- Showed that the nucleus is most of the mass of the atom.
- Him & 2 other scientists made a experiment.
It's is called the planetary model because just the are planets the electrons orbit the nucleus like the sun.
The experiment was the alpha particles that they put through there microscopically thin layer of gold. They are just helium that has 2 electrons taken out.