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If Bohr's quantisation postulate (angular momentum = $\mathrm{nh} / \mathbf{2} \pi$ ) is a basic law of nature, it should be equally valid for the case of planetary motion also. Why then do we never speak of quantisation of orbits of planets around the sun.
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Bohr's quantisation is proportional to h (Planck's constant). But angular momenta associated with planetary motion are of the order of $10^{70} \mathrm{~h}$. This would mean $\mathrm{n}$ $\simeq 10^{70}$. For such large values of $\mathrm{n}$, the differences in successive energies and angular momenta are so small that they are continuous and not discrete.

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