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ELI5: How do electrons stay suspended in orbit?

Okay so I understand that electrons are orbiting the nucleus of an atom, but what keeps them from crashing into the protons in the middle like some wayward meteor striking earth? And why? 
Also I searched for my question in ELI5 but didn't find an answer to what I was asking specifically. If it exists and I am simply a failure of a researcher, can I get a link to the post? Thank you so much!
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They don't orbit. The notion that they do is a simplification used in very basic chemistry to make it a bit more manageable intuitively. The real description - and all serious chemistry - requires quantum mechanics to understand.