anyone can give exact reasons why electron moves around the nucleus of atom? what is the driving force behind it?
nucleus has protons which are opposite charge, hence electrons are attracted toward nucleus - this is true only in Bohr model for hydrogen
I think that the electrons probability distribution around the nucleus was derived by Erwin Schrödinger. There are some super complex equations that were solved, I think understanding them will give you the solution.
Why does it move? Why would it not? In order for the electron to NOT move, it would have to have a kinetic energy of zero. That's unbelievably unlikely, far less likely than seeing a dust mote motionless. As for why, given that it moves, it curves around the nucleus, the answer is above: because the nucleus and electron are oppositely charged, so they attract each other, and whenever you have two objects, at least one of which is moving, that attract each other, they orbit each other.
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