How are electrons affected by gravity?

Question: How are electrons affected by gravity?
- Keywords:
  electron,
  gravity,
  subatomic
Asked by ogoldfinch09 to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 16 Mar 2012.
- Sean Murphy answered on 16 Mar 2012:
  
  Anything with mass is affected by gravity. However the electron has a very very small mass, and electromagnetic forces are so large compared to gravity, that gravity gets swamped out by electromagnetism when looking at electrons. So gravity probably has a negligible effect on them.

ogoldfinch09 commented on 16 Mar 2012:

Electrons orbit an atom’s nucleus, does gravity have anything to do with this?

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- Sean commented on 16 Mar 2012:
  
  It is similar, have a look at this link for more info
  
  http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/ask/index.html?quid=126
  
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Question: How are electrons affected by gravity?