This is a list of stars which are the least voluminous known (the smallest stars by volume).
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] | |
RX J1856.5−3754 | 19 | Neutron star | Closest neutron star discovered to date. | [10] |
PSR B1620-26 | 24 | Pulsar | ||
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. | [11] |
HD 49798 | 1,600 | White dwarf | One of the smallest white dwarf stars known. | [12] |
ZTF J1901+1458 | 1,809 | [13] | ||
GRW +70 8247 | 3,300 | [14] | ||
BPM 37093 | 3,965.5 | |||
IK Pegasi B | 4,174 | [15] | ||
Sirius B | 5,466 | Historically first detected white dwarf star | [16] | |
LB 1497 | 5,494.5 | [17] | ||
40 Eridani B | 5,547.5 | |||
Procyon B | 6,700 | [18][19] | ||
Gliese 915 | 6,748.3 | [20] | ||
AR Scorpii | 6,950 | The only known white dwarf pulsar | [21] | |
G 29-38 | 6,950 | [22] | ||
QS Virginis A | 7,658 | |||
GD 165 A | 8,626.5 | [23] | ||
ESO 439-26 | 8,775.5 | Faintest known white dwarf.[24] | ||
ZZ Ceti | 8,209 | [23] | ||
Wolf 489 | 9,044 | [25] | ||
Van Maanen 2 | 9,048 | [26] | ||
WD 1856+534 | 9,113.67 | [27] | ||
WD 1145+017 | 13,926.84 | Host star of one of the smallest exoplanets. | [28] | |
PSR J0348+0432 B | 45,268 | A white dwarf that orbits its pulsar companion (see above) | [8] | |
EPIC 201702477 | 54,120 | Brown dwarf | Smallest known brown dwarf star | [29] |
Epsilon Indi Ba | 55,656 | [30] | ||
LHS 6343 C | 55,978 | [31] | ||
Epsilon Indi Bb | 57,050 | [30] | ||
54 Piscium B | 57,050 | [32] | ||
UGPS J0521+3640 | 57,193.5 | |||
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. | [33][34][35] |
Luhman 16 A | 60,768 | Brown dwarf | Luhman 16 A and Luhman 16 B are the closest brown dwarf stars to Earth. | [a] |
SSSPM J0829-1309 | 61,300 | Red dwarf | 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. | [36][37] |
WISE 1405+5534 | 61,483 | Brown dwarf | [38] | |
2MASS 0939-2448 B | 62,600 | [39] | ||
UGPS 0722-05 | 63,340 | Possibly a rogue planet | [40] | |
2MASS J0348−6022 | 64,700 | [41] | ||
SCR 1845−6357 A | 66,790 | Red dwarf | ||
2MASS 0937+2931 | 67,200 | Brown dwarf | [42] | |
DENIS J081730.0−615520 | 67,200 | [42] | ||
DENIS 0255−4700 | 69,600 | [43] | ||
2MASS J0523-1403 | 70,600 | Red dwarf | As in 2019, with mass 67.54±12.79MJ (0.0523-0.0767M☉) is the lowest known mass hydrogen-burning star. | [44][36][42] |
GD 165 B | 71,492 | Brown dwarf | [45] | |
DENIS-P J1058.7−1548 | 71,492 | [46] | ||
LHS 2924 | 71,657 | Red dwarf | [47] | |
2MASS 0036+1821 | 72,200 | Brown dwarf | [42] | |
Luhman 16 B | 74,350 | Luhman 16 B and Luhman 16 A are the closest brown dwarf stars to Earth. | [a] | |
Teegarden's Star | 74,439.9 | Red dwarf | Has two potentially habitable planets | [48] |
DENIS J1048−3956 | 75,135.5 | [49] | ||
DX Cancri | 76,527 | [50] | ||
Gliese 229 B | 79,000 | Brown dwarf | ||
OGLE-TR-122B | 81,100 | Red dwarf | 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. | [51][52][53] |
VB 10 | 82,300 | [54] | ||
TRAPPIST-1 | 84,180 | Hosts a planetary system with at least seven rocky planets. | [55] | |
VB 8 | 84,450 | [54] | ||
2MASS 0939-2448 A | 87,220 | Brown dwarf | [56] | |
Gliese 412 B | 90,400 | Red dwarf | [57] | |
Gliese 1002 | 95,310 | Has two confirmed exoplanets | [58] | |
Luyten 726-8 (A and B) | 97,000 | [59] | ||
Wolf 359 | 100,180.8 | [54] | ||
Gliese 1061 | 105,746.4 | Has three confirmed exoplanets | [54] | |
Proxima Centauri | 107,277 | This is the nearest neighbouring star to the Sun. | [60] | |
YZ Ceti | 116,877.5 | [61] | ||
UY Sextantis | 118,250 | Blue-white subdwarf | [62] | |
Kepler-42 | 121,750 | Red dwarf | Has three confirmed exoplanets | [63] |
HW Virginis B | 121,835 | [64] | ||
Groombridge 34 B | 125,200 | [65] | ||
Wolf 1069 | 126,130 | Has one confirmed exoplanet | [66] | |
HW Virginis A | 127,404.6 | Subdwarf B star | [64] | |
Gliese 3323 | 129,539.5 | Red dwarf | Has two confirmed exoplanets | [48] |
Ross 248 | 132,183 | [57] | ||
Barnard's Star | 136,357 | The star with the highest proper motion[67] | [68] | |
Ross 128 | 136,844 | Has one confirmed exoplanet | [69] | |
Kepler-70 | 141,329 | Subdwarf B star | Possibly has two exoplanets. | [70] |
Gliese 1214 | 141,922 | Red dwarf | Has a confirmed exoplanet | [54] |
Gliese 754 | 142,618.5 | [71] | ||
LHS 1140 | 142,618.5 | Has two confirmed exoplanets | [54] | |
Gliese 1132 | 149,575 | Has two confirmed exoplanets | [54] | |
LSR J1835+3259 | 150,133 | Brown dwarf | [72] | |
LHS 292 | 153,564 | Red dwarf | [73] | |
CT Chamaeleontis B | 157,282.4 | Brown dwarf | ||
Kepler-1649 | 161,400 | Red dwarf | Has two confirmed exoplanets | [74] |
CM Draconis B | 166,689.72 | [75] | ||
Ross 695 | 167,000 | [76] | ||
Ross 154 | 167,000 | [77] | ||
Kruger 60 B | 167,000 | [78] | ||
CM Draconis A | 176,000 | [79] | ||
Z Andromedae B | 184,530.63 | White dwarf | Largest white dwarf | [80] |
55 Cancri B | 186,447.5 | Red dwarf | [81] | |
Gliese 105 B | 193,405 | [57] | ||
LHS 475 | 194,030.5 | Has one confirmed exoplanet | [82] | |
HR 7703 | 194,800 | [78] | ||
Mu Cassiopeiae Ab | 201,750 | [83] | ||
Kapteyn's Star | 202,448.7 | This is the closest halo star to the Sun. | [84] | |
Gliese 581 | 215,700 | Has three confirmed exoplanets | [54] | |
Wolf 1061 | 221,900 | Has three confirmed exoplanets | [54] | |
Xi Ursae Majoris Ab | 222,600 | [85] | ||
Gliese 1 | 229,580 | [86] | ||
Gliese 667 C | 234,450.9 | Has two confirmed exoplanets | [54] | |
Luyten's Star | 243,500 | Has two confirmed exoplanets and other two unconfirmed | [87] | |
Kruger 60 A | 243,500 | [78] | ||
EV Lacertae | 250,500 | [88] | ||
Gliese 251 | 253,235 | Has one confirmed exoplanet | [89] | |
AT Microscopii A | 257,400 | [90] | ||
Gliese 876 | 258,800 | Has four confirmed exoplanets | [54] | |
LHS 6343 A | 259,495 | [31] | ||
Gliese 412 A | 264,400 | [57] | ||
Groombridge 34 A | 267,800 | [54] | ||
Teide 1 | 270,240 | Brown dwarf | [91][92] | |
AD Leonis | 271,323 | Red dwarf | [93] | |
Gliese 908 | 271,323 | [76] | ||
Lalande 21185 | 273,500 | [94] | ||
LHS 6343 B | 274,100 | [31] | ||
Gliese 179 | 278,300 | Has two confirmed exoplanets | [95] | |
AT Microscopii A | 285,250 | [90] | ||
Gliese 588 | 292,200 | [96] | ||
Gliese 686 | 292,200 | Has a confirmed exoplanet | [97] | |
TOI 700 | 292,200 | Has four confirmed exoplanets | [98] | |
QS Virginis B | 292,404 | |||
Gliese 180 | 294,211.5 | Has two confirmed exoplanets | [48] | |
Gliese 408 | 299,150 | [78] | ||
Gliese 3634 | 299,150 | Has a confirmed exoplanet | [99] | |
Gliese 436 | 300,542 | Has a confirmed exoplanet | [54] | |
WR 93b | 306,108 | Wolf-Rayet | [100] | |
Gliese 832 | 307,500 | Red dwarf | Has two exoplanets | [54] |
Gliese 877 | 307,500 | [101] | ||
Lacaille 9352 | 320,000 | [94] |
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. | [33][34][35] |
Brown dwarf | EPIC 201702477 | b0.076 | 0.76 | 8.48 | 54,120 km (33,630 mi) | 2017 | 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. | [29] |
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. | [12] |
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. | [11] |
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. | [33][34][35] |
2MASS J0523-1403 | 2013-2017 | 0.102 | 1.01 | 70,600 km (43,900 mi) | Lowest mass main sequence star as in 2020. | [44][36][102][42] |
OGLE-TR-122B | 2005-2013 | 0.117 | 1.16 | 81,100 km (50,400 mi) | [51][52][53] |