Nuclear Physics and Copernican Revolution

In the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science, Kant proposes that there are precisely two fundamental motions--Repulsion and Attraction.  In particular, circular motion combines the Attraction of the parts of a body to its center, with the mutual Repulsion of all its parts.  Now, while Kant's basic example for that analysis is the Earth rotating on its axis, other examples express his recognition of the applicability of the model to the orbiting of one body around a distinct second body.  However, he might not have anticipated its later application to sub-atomic motions, e. g. in the Rutherford-Bohr concept of an atom.  Thus, Kant's Copernican revolution, insofar as it locates fundamental circular motion in a single body, as has been argued here, facilitates the conceivability of a writ large-writ small relation between Astronomy and Nuclear Physics.