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Q. In Sommerfeld’s modification of Bohr’s theory, the trajectory of an electron in a hydrogen atom is

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In Sommerfeld's modification of Bohr's theory, the trajectory of an electron in a hydrogen atom is not a simple ellipse but a precessing ellipse called a rosette.