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    • Aerial view of the Wellington Regional Stadium, New Zealand.
    Rights: Westpac Stadium, Stadium Trust, Wellington, NZ Published 17 September 2009 Size: 51 KB Referencing Hub media

    One way to picture the hydrogen atom is to think about a large sports stadium. Imagine a grain of rice placed in the centre of the field. This represents the nucleus. The outer row of seats in the stadium is the limit of the electron’s influence.

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