Geonium atom
A geonium atom, so named because it is bound to the earth, is a pseudo-atomic system created in a magnetic Penning trap, useful for measuring fundamental parameters of particles. A Penning trap is a combination of a homogeneous magnetic field and an electrostatic quadrupole potential. A single charged particle can be trapped indefinitely. Hans Dehmelt of the University of Washington created the first geonium atom in 1973, stably trapping an electron.