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Is the sun one of the smallest stars?

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The smallest main sequence star detected so far is called OGLE-TR-122b.

It has a radius of 0.12 that of our Sun which means it is only 20% larger than Jupiter and has a mass of about 100 times that.

Astronomers describe the smallest star as a "core burning star," like our Sun. But prevailing theory never anticipated such a diminutive star, since the standard fusion model of stars required a minimum gravitating mass considerably greater than that of Jupiter.

The smallest non main sequence star is a neutron star with a diameter of 12km - equal to about the length of Manhattan Island from the tip till the end of Central park.

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Our Sun is just an average star. Not too big and not too small. It's just right, which is why we are here.

The smallest main sequence star detected so far is called OGLE-TR-122b.

It has a radius of 0.12 that of our Sun which means it is only 20% larger than Jupiter and has a mass of about 100 times that.

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OTS 44 a brown dwarf 550 light years away in the constellation Chamaeleon. It has a mass of 0.013 solar masses, about 15 times that of Jupiter, or about 1.5 % that of the Sun. Its radius is about 20% of the Sun.

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Gliese 623b by comparison is 0.080 solar mass

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The smallest star detected so far is called OGLE-TR-122b.

It is located in the constellation Carina, at right ascension 11h 06m 51.99s declination -60° 51′ 45.7″

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the smallest stars around are the tiny red drawfs.these are the stars with 50% the mass of the sun & smaller

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No. The sun is in the 5% most massive stars in the galaxy.

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The smallest known star right now is: OGLE-TR-122b

It's solar radii is only 0.12. This works out to be 167,000 km. 167,000 km works out to be 20% larger than Jupiter.

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No. The sun is actually larger than most stars, though it is within normal bounds.

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Probally a white dwarf.

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a small star

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