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Why are there more lines in the sun's spectrum than in the hydrogen spectrum?

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Hydrogen's light spectrum is limited to its quanta, so electrons *and photons*, can only travel between the electron orbitals. The light emmited from the sun is almost all the spectrum of light from UV to gamma rays, including the visible spectrum. Thats why there are more lines.
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