I didn't realize it was kinetic energy, I thought most of the weight of an atom was due to the strong nuclear force
> This property of the strong nuclear force is known as asymptotic freedom, and the particles that mediate this force are known as gluons. Somehow, the energy binding the proton together, the other 99.8% of the proton's mass, comes from these gluons.
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