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If helium had exactly the same mass as four hydrogen atoms, the luminosity o f the sun would be

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Hydrogen has an atomic mass of about 1 and It contains one proton, orbited by a single electron. Helium has an atomic mass of approximately 4 and contains of 2 protons and 2 neutrons, orbited by 4 electrons. But all of this is irrelevant because luminosity is related to gravity, and that mass would identical, luminosity would be near identical. *insert luminosity relation equation here*
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