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How much of an atom is empty space?

>99.9999% empty

How much of an atom is empty space?

Atoms are almost entirely empty space. If the nucleus of a hydrogen atom were scaled to the size of a football, the electron would orbit at a distance of roughly 10 km. If you could remove all the empty space from every person on Earth, all 8 billion of us would fit inside a cube about 1.3 km per side.

Source: Standard atomic physics

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How many species have been identified on Earth?~8.7 million estimatedHow similar is human DNA to other species?98.7% shared with chimpsHow many neurons does the human brain have?~86 billion neurons
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