Why Rutherford model was not able to explain line spectra?

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Rutherford's model was unable to explain the stability of an atom. According to Rutherford's postulate, electrons revolve at a very high speed around a nucleus of an atom in a fixed orbit. Therefore, Rutherford atomic model was not following Maxwell's theory and it was unable to explain an atom's stability

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