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    Undergrad A question about star's luminosity, temperature and mass.

    Hello Jet, I've been reading along and I think I have a few answers. First, helium most certainly burns in the sun; however, the core is not hot enough to support large amounts of this cycle. I believe the p-p chain is responsible for 98% of the suns energy while the CNO is second with ~1.5%...