This is a list of stars which are the least voluminous known (the smallest stars by volume).
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This is a list of small stars that are notable for characteristics that are not separately listed.
Star name | Star mean radius, kilometres | Star class | Notes | References |
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CXOU J085201.4-461753 | 1.2 | Neutron star | [1] | |
PSR B0943+10 | 2.6 | Pulsar (quark star?) | Neutron stars are stellar remnants produced when a star of around 8–9 solar masses or more explodes in a supernova at the end of its life. They are usually produced by stars of less than 20 solar masses, although a more massive star may produce a neutron star in certain cases. PSR B0943+10 is one of the least massive stars, with 0.02 solar masses. | [2] |
CXO J232327.9+584842 | 2.7 | Neutron star | [1] | |
PSR B1257+12 | 10 | Pulsar | Orbited by three planets. | [3] |
PSR B0531+21 (Crab pulsar) | 10 | Relatively young at 997 years old as of October 2021. | [4] | |
Geminga | 10 | [5] | ||
Vela pulsar | 10 | [6] | ||
XTE J1739-285 | 10.9 | Pulsar (quark star?) | [7] | |
PSR J0348+0432 A | 13 ± 2 | Pulsar | Orbited by a white dwarf star (see below) | [8] |
PSR J1748-2446ad | <16 | Fastest-spinning pulsar known. | [9] | |
XTE J1650-500 B | 24 | Black hole | This binary X-ray transient system, XTE J1650-500, component black hole, at 3.8 solar masses, is smaller than the previous recordholder GRO J1655-40 B of 6.3 MSun in the microquasar system GRO J1655-40. | [10] |
HD 49798 | 1,600 | White dwarf | One of the smallest white dwarf stars known. | [11] |
ZTF J1901+1458 | 1,809 | [12] | ||
GRW +70 8247 | 3,300 | [13] | ||
Sirius B | 5,466 | Historically first detected white dwarf star | [14] | |
LB 1497 | 5,494.5 | [15] | ||
40 Eridani B | 5,547.5 | |||
ZZ Ceti | 5,890[citation needed] | |||
GD 165 | 5,998[citation needed] | |||
G 29-38 | 6,000[citation needed] | |||
Procyon B | 6,700 | [16][17] | ||
ESO 439-26 | 8,775.5 | Faintest known white dwarf.[18] | ||
QS Virginis A | 7,658 | |||
Van Maanen 2 | 9,048 | [19] | ||
WD 1145+017 | 13,926.84 | Host star of one of the smallest exoplanets. | [20] | |
PSR J0348+0432 B | 45,268 | A white dwarf that orbits its pulsar companion (see above) | [8] | |
EBLM J0555-57Ab | 60,000 | Red dwarf | This red dwarf has a size comparable to that of the planet Saturn. As of 2019, it is the second lightest hydrogen-fusing star known, marginally heavier (0.0777-0.0852M☉) than the 2MASS J0523-1403. Although its mass is comparable to that of TRAPPIST-1A, its radius is 1/3 smaller. | [21][22][23] |
SSSPM J0829-1309 | 61,300 | An L2 dwarf that is fusing hydrogen. Similarly to 2MASS J0523-1403, SSSPM J0829-1309 is one of the least luminous and massive hydrogen-fusing stars, and is smaller than Jupiter. | [24][25] | |
2MASS J0523-1403 | 70,600 | As in 2019, with mass 67.54±12.79MJ (0.0523-0.0767M☉) is the lowest known mass hydrogen-burning star. | [26][24][27] | |
OGLE-TR-122B | 81,100 | This was once the smallest known actively fusing star, when found in 2005, through 2013. It is the smallest eclipsing red dwarf, and smallest observationally measured diameter. | [28][29][30] | |
Gliese 229 B | 83,480 | Brown dwarf | [31] | |
TRAPPIST-1 | 84,180 | Red dwarf | Hosts a planetary system with at least seven rocky planets. | [32] |
Teegarden's Star | 88,354 | Two potentially habitable planets | [33] | |
Luyten 726-8 (A and B) | 97,000 | [34] | ||
Proxima Centauri | 101,000 | This is the nearest neighbouring star to the Sun. | [35] | |
UY Sextantis | 104,500 | White subdwarf | [36] | |
Wolf 359 | 111,400 | Red dwarf | [37] | |
Ross 248 | 111,400 | [38] | ||
HW Virginis B | 121,835 | |||
HW Virginis A | 127,404.6 | Subdwarf B star | ||
Barnard's Star | 136,400 | Red dwarf | A faint star, it has 1 planet orbiting it, an ice planet called Barnard b.[39] | |
Kepler-70 | 141,329 | Subdwarf B star | Possibly has two planets. | [40] |
DX Cancri | 153,564 | Red dwarf | [41] | |
LHS 292 | 153,564 | [42] | ||
CM Draconis B | 167,000 | [43] | ||
Ross 154 | 167,000 | [44] | ||
CM Draconis A | 176,000 | [43] | ||
Z Andromedae B | 184,530.63 | White dwarf | Largest white dwarf | [45] |
Kapteyn's Star | 203,000 | Red dwarf | This is the closest halo star to the Sun. | [35] |
Luyten's Star | 243,500 | [46] | ||
EV Lacertae | 250,500 | [47] | ||
Teide 1 | 270,240 | Brown dwarf | [48] | |
AD Leonis | 271,300 | Red dwarf | [49] | |
Lalande 21185 | 273,500 | [35] | ||
QS Virginis B | 292,404 | |||
Lacaille 9352 | 320,000 | [35] | ||
Type | Star name | Radius Solar radii (Sun = 1) |
Radius Jupiter radii (Jupiter = 1) |
Radius Earth radii (Earth = 1) |
Radius (km / mi) |
Date | Notes | References |
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Red dwarf | EBLM J0555-57Ab | 0.084 | 0.84 | 9.41 | 60,000 km (37,000 mi) | 2017 | The red dwarf stars are considered the smallest stars known, and representative of the smallest star possible. | [21][22][23] |
Brown dwarf | Gliese 229 B | 0.12 | 1.19 | 13.1 | 83,480 km (51,870 mi) | — | Brown dwarfs are not massive enough to build up the pressure in the central regions to allow nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium. They are best described as extremely massive gas giants that were not able to ignite into a hydrogen-fusing star. | [50] |
White dwarf | HD 49798 | 0.0023 | 0.023 | 0.25 | 1,600 km (990 mi) | 2021 | White dwarfs are stellar remnants produced when a star with around 8 solar masses or less sheds its outer layers into a planetary nebula. The leftover core becomes the white dwarf. It is thought that white dwarfs cool down over quadrillions of years to produce a black dwarf. | [11] |
Neutron star | PSR B0943+10 | 0.0000037356 | 0.0000363677 | 0.000407643 | 2.6 km
(1.61 mi) |
1968 | Neutron stars are stellar remnants produced when stars with around 9 solar masses or more explode in supernovae at the ends of their lives. They are usually produced by stars with less than 20 solar masses, although a more massive star may produce a neutron star in certain cases. PSR B0943+10 is one of the least massive stars with 0.02 solar masses. | |
Stellar-mass black hole | XTE J1650-500 B | 0.0000344828 | 0.000335702 | 0.00376285 | 24 km (15 mi) | 2008 | Black holes are stellar remnants usually produced when extremely massive stars explode in a supernova or hypernova at the end of their lives. | [10] |
Red dwarfs are considered the smallest star known that are active fusion stars, and are the smallest stars possible that is not a brown dwarf.
Star name | Date | Radius Solar radii (Sun = 1) |
Radius Jupiter radii (Jupiter = 1) |
Radius km (mi) |
Notes | |
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EBLM J0555-57Ab | 2017-Today | 0.084 | 0.84 | 60,000 km (37,000 mi) | This star has a size comparable to that of Saturn. | [21][22][23] |
2MASS J0523-1403 | 2013-2017 | 0.102 | 1.01 | 70,600 km (43,900 mi) | Lowest mass main sequence star as in 2020. | [26][24][51][27] |
OGLE-TR-122B | 2005-2013 | 0.117 | 1.16 | 81,100 km (50,400 mi) | [28][29][30] | |
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