Rutherford created a planetary model for atoms after his experiments. imagine if rutherford's idea that electrons radiate energy while orbiting around a nucleus was true. which other model or scientific idea would have been strengthened by this? bohr's model of the atom would have been strengthened because bohr proposed that the energy of electrons is continuous. bohr's model of the atom would have been strengthened because bohr proposed that electrons can have only certain energy values. the idea that atoms are unstable would have been strengthened because the orbiting electron would lose energy and fall into the nucleus. the idea that atoms are unstable would be strengthened because the orbiting electron would absorb energy while moving and escape the pull from the nucleus.