The elliptical orbits of electron in the atom was proposed by :

J.J.Thomson

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Bohr

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Sommerfeld

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de Broglie

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Solution

The correct option is B Sommerfeld
Bohr's gave the concepts of orbits and did careful experiments to reveal extra spectral lines but he didn't found desired results. Then Sommerfield proposed elliptical electron orbits to explain these effects which gave the desired results.

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