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List of the smallest stars by star type. The red dwarf stars are considered the smallest stars known, and representative of the smallest star possible. Brown dwarfs are not massive enough to build up the pressure in the central regions to allow nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium.
13 lut 2009 · The smallest known star right now is OGLE-TR-122b, a red dwarf star that’s part of a binary stellar system. This red dwarf the smallest star to ever have its radius accurately measured;...
Of its three stars, EBLM J0555-57Ab is the smallest star known that’s also massive enough to support nuclear fusion in its core. Absolute Size: Approximately 36,184 miles (58,232 km) Size compared to our Sun: 0.084 times the Sun’s radius
This is an incomplete list of the smallest known stars. Most of the stars in this list are within the Milky Way except BAT99-123 (near the end of the list), which is in the Large Magellanic Cloud . Smallest stars are mostly red dwarfs , brown dwarfs , white dwarfs and neutron stars .
In 2017, an international team of astronomers announced the discovery of a so-called red dwarf star that’s so small it barely functions as a star. Code-named EBLM J0555-57Ab and lying some 600 light-years away, it’s similar in size to the planet Saturn.
Notable small stars. This is a list of small stars that are notable for characteristics that are not separately listed.
4 gru 2014 · The smallest star you can see is 61 Cygni, a binary pair with one star getting only 66% the size of the Sun. It’s only 11.4 light years away, and you can just barely see it in dark skies.
