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The proton is so small that its finite size only shows up in a few purpose-built experiments such as the one explained in the article. Since the effect is very small, measuring it to high precision is extremely difficult.

It is also worth noting that protons are much more complicated particles than muons and their theoretical description is much less well developed.



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