List of smallest known stars
This is a list of the smallest known stars, brown dwarfs and stellar remnants, sorted by increasing size. The list is divided into sublists, and contain notable objects up to 350,000 km in radius, or , as well as all red dwarfs smaller than and all neutron stars with accurately measured radii.
0 to 1,000 km
Partial list containing stars up to 0.0014.| Star name | Star radius, kilometres | Star class | Notes | References |
| SGR J1935+2154 | Magnetar | |||
| RX J0720.4−3125 | Neutron star | |||
| LMC X-4 | Pulsar | |||
| Hercules X-1 | Pulsar | |||
| Centaurus X-3 | Pulsar | |||
| Vela X-1 | Pulsar | |||
| HESS J1731-347 | Neutron star | Lightest neutron star ever discovered, at a mass of. | ||
| PSR J0348+0432 A | Pulsar | Has a white dwarf companion. | ||
| PSR J0437−4715 | >11.1 | Pulsar | Most stable known natural clock. | |
| GW170817 A | Pulsar | |||
| GW170817 B | Pulsar | |||
| PSR J1906+0746 | Pulsar | |||
| RX J1856.5−3754 | Neutron star | |||
| PSR J2043+1711 | Pulsar | |||
| PSR J1933-6211 | Pulsar | |||
| PSR J0952–0607 A | Pulsar | Most massive neutron star so far discovered. | ||
| Neutron star | ||||
| Vela pulsar | Pulsar | |||
| PSR J1614−2230 | Pulsar | |||
| PSR J0348+0432 | Pulsar | |||
| PSR J0740+6620 | Pulsar | |||
| 14 | Neutron star | Has a substellar companion orbiting it closely. |
1,000 to 50,000 km
Partial list containing stars from 0.0014 to 0.0718.| Star name | Star radius, kilometres | Star radius, | Star class | Notes | References |
| ZTF J1901+1458 | 2,140 | The most massive white dwarf so far discovered, around 1.3 times more massive than the Sun, close to the mass limit of any white dwarf, and is also a candidate white dwarf pulsar. | |||
| RE J0317-853 | 0.0032 | Also among the most massive white dwarfs. | |||
| WD1 | 2,230 | An ultramassive white dwarf ejected from the Hyades. At a mass of, it is possibly the most massive known white dwarf consistent with single-star evolution. | |||
| T Coronae Borealis | 0.0045 | Expected to become a nova in the near future, its apparent magnitude may increase up to 2.0. | |||
| Janus | A white dwarf with a side of hydrogen and another side of helium. | ||||
| Wolf 1130 B | 0.005 | Nearest candidate for a supernova, a type Ia supernova. | |||
| HD 49798 B | 3,580 | ||||
| BPM 37093 | |||||
| IK Pegasi B | 0.006 | ||||
| U Geminorum A | |||||
| WD 2317+1830 | |||||
| BW Sculptoris | |||||
| Sirius B | Nearest white dwarf | ||||
| GRW +70 8247 ' | |||||
| Gamma Cassiopeiae Ab | |||||
| AN Ursae Majoris | 6,300 | ||||
| Gliese 915 | |||||
| LP 658-2 | |||||
| BZ Ursae Majoris A | 6,880 | ||||
| AE Aquarii A | 0.01 | First discovered white dwarf pulsar. | |||
| AR Scorpii A | 7,000 | A white dwarf pulsar. It is often mistaken as the first discovered white dwarf pulsar. | |||
| QS Virginis A | |||||
| YZ Leonis Minoris | 0.01 | ||||
| GW Librae | |||||
| WZ Sagittae | |||||
| MY Apodis | |||||
| OY Carinae A | 0.011 | ||||
| TMTS J0526+5934 A | 0.011 | ||||
| G 99-47 | 7,650 | ||||
| EX Hydrae | 0.011 | ||||
| RX Andromedae | |||||
| van Maanen 2 | Third-closest white dwarf. | ||||
| Stein 2051 B | |||||
| G 107-70 B | |||||
| Ross 548 ' | |||||
| 39 Ceti B ' | 0.012 | ||||
| Mira B ' | 0.012 | ||||
| WD 1054−226 | |||||
| Gliese 440 | Fourth-closest white dwarf. | ||||
| Procyon B | Second-closest white dwarf. | ||||
| GD 165 A | |||||
| Epsilon2 Arae C | |||||
| WD 0806−661 ' | Has one confirmed exoplanet. | ||||
| SW Ursae Majoris | |||||
| Epsilon Reticuli B | – | 0.0129–0.0141 | |||
| G 29-38 | |||||
| AM Herculis A | |||||
| 40 Eridani B | First white dwarf to be discovered and the fifth-closest one. | ||||
| TY Coronae Borealis | |||||
| HD 147513 B | |||||
| GD 358 ' | 0.0132 | ||||
| Wolf 489 | |||||
| GALEX J2339−0424 | |||||
| G 107-70 A | |||||
| Wolf 1346 | |||||
| WD 1032+011 A | |||||
| Gliese 318 | |||||
| RR Caeli A | 0.01568 | ||||
| HL Tau 76 | 0.0162 | ||||
| PG 1159-035 | or | 0.0232 or | PG 1159 star | PG 1159 stars are pre-white dwarfs. | |
| WD 2226−210 | White dwarf | Located in Helix Nebula | |||
| WD 0032−317 A | White dwarf | ||||
| Feige 55 | White dwarf | ||||
| 0.029 | Brown dwarf | with an orbital period of 62 minutes and a dayside surface temperature of, comparable to A-type stars such as Vega and Sirius. | |||
| KPD 0005+5106 | Pre-white dwarf | Has one unconfirmed exoplanet. | |||
| AG Pegasi B | 0.06 | White dwarf | In a symbiotic binary with AG Peg A, has underwent many mass transfer events, varying in radius, luminosity and temperature. | ||
| Regulus Ab | Pre-white dwarf | ||||
| PSR J0348+0432 B | White dwarf | Orbiting a pulsar. | |||
| TMTS J0526+5934 B | Subdwarf B star | Smallest known non-degenerate star. | |||
| WISEA 1810−1010 | Brown dwarf |
50,000 to 125,000 km
Partial list containing stars from 0.0718 to 0.18.| Star name | Star radius, kilometres | Star radius, | Star class | Notes | References |
| SCR 1845−6357 B | Brown dwarf | ||||
| DENIS 0255−4700 | Brown dwarf | Faintest brown dwarf with a measured visual magnitude. | |||
| BE Ursae Majoris A | Subdwarf O star | ||||
| LP 40-365 | White dwarf | A white dwarf that might have formed in a type Iax supernova. | |||
| SDSS J1007+1930 | ~0.078 | Brown dwarf | Potential member of the Regulus system, which could be one of the most widely-separated stellar systems. This brown dwarf is at light-years from Regulus. | ||
| WD 0032−317 B | Brown dwarf | A highly-irradiated brown dwarf with a dayside temperature hotter than the surface of Sun. Its dayside temperature measures, while its nightside is much cooler, at. | |||
| WISE 1534–1043 | Brown dwarf | This object has a very fast and unusual transverse velocity, and is believed to be very old and metal-poor to explain such unusual velocity. | |||
| Epsilon Indi Ba | 0.08–0.081 | Brown dwarf | |||
| WISE J0623-0456 | or | or | Brown dwarf | ||
| LHS 6343 C | Brown dwarf | ||||
| Epsilon Indi Bb | 0.082–0.083 | Brown dwarf | |||
| Wolf 1130 C | Brown dwarf | ||||
| 54 Piscium B | Brown dwarf | ||||
| Gliese 229 Ba | Brown dwarf | ||||
| EBLM J0555−57Ab | Red dwarf | Smallest known red dwarf. | |||
| Scholz's Star B | Brown dwarf | A nearby star that passed through the Solar System's Oort cloud 80,000 years ago. | |||
| Brown dwarf | |||||
| GJ 1245 C | Red dwarf | ||||
| Gliese 229 Bb | Brown dwarf | ||||
| Red dwarf | An L2 dwarf that is fusing hydrogen. SSSPM J0829−1309 is one of the least luminous and massive hydrogen-fusing stars, and is smaller than Jupiter. | ||||
| HD 63754 B | – | 0.0884–0.0976 | Brown dwarf | Among the most massive brown dwarfs. | |
| HD 72946 B | 0.0884 | Brown dwarf | |||
| Gliese 570 D | Brown dwarf | ||||
| 2MASS 0243−2453 | – | 0.092–0.106 | Brown dwarf | ||
| 2MASS J0348−6022 | Brown dwarf | ||||
| WISE 0146+4234 A | Brown dwarf | ||||
| Kelu-1 B | to | to | Brown dwarf | ||
| SCR 1845−6357 A | Red dwarf | ||||
| WISE 0146+4234 B | Brown dwarf | ||||
| SDSS J1416+1348 A | Brown dwarf | ||||
| Kelu-1 A | to | to | Brown dwarf | ||
| 47 Ophiuchi C | Brown dwarf | ||||
| 2MASS 0937+2931 | Brown dwarf | ||||
| 2MASS J1047+21 | Brown dwarf | ||||
| CoRoT-15b | Brown dwarf | ||||
| SDSS J1416+1348 B | Brown dwarf | ||||
| WISE 0359−5401 | Brown dwarf | ||||
| TVLM 513-46546 | Brown dwarf | Has one confirmed exoplanet. | |||
| CWISEP J1935-1546 | Brown dwarf | ||||
| C | Brown dwarf | ||||
| WISE 2150−7520 B | Brown dwarf | ||||
| LHS 1070 C | 0.098 | Brown dwarf | Certainly a brown dwarf based on its mass. | ||
| WASP-30B | Brown dwarf | ||||
| WASP-128B | Brown dwarf | ||||
| HD 33632 Ab | 0.0997 | Brown dwarf | |||
| 2MASS J0407+1546 | Brown dwarf | ||||
| 2MASS J1219+3128 | Brown dwarf | ||||
| HD 114762 B | Red dwarf | ||||
| R Aquarii B | > | >0.1 | White dwarf | Makes a symbiotic binary with its companion R Aquarii A, a red giant. | |
| EBLM J0954−23 | Red dwarf | ||||
| KOI-189 B | – | 0.1013–0.1032 | Red dwarf | ||
| Scholz's Star A | Red dwarf | A nearby star that passed through the Solar System's Oort cloud 80,000 years ago. | |||
| Gliese 569 Bb | Brown dwarf | First brown dwarf ever discovered, together with its companion Gliese 569 Ba, which were thought to be a single astronomical body at the time. | |||
| Luhman 16 A | Brown dwarf | Nearest brown dwarfs to Earth. | |||
| Luhman 16 B | Brown dwarf | Nearest brown dwarfs to Earth. | |||
| HD 28736 B | Brown dwarf | ||||
| 15 Sagittae B | 71,492 | Brown dwarf | |||
| GD 165 B | 71,492 | Brown dwarf | |||
| LHS 1070 B | 0.104 | Brown dwarf | Likely a brown dwarf based on its mass. | ||
| WD 1032+011 B | Brown dwarf | A brown dwarf orbiting a white dwarf with an extremely low orbital period of, both being tidally locked to each other. | |||
| WISE 2150-7520 A | Brown dwarf | ||||
| BW Sculptoris B | Brown dwarf | ||||
| Ross 614 B | ~ | Red dwarf | |||
| LHS 2924 | 0.107 | Red dwarf | Was the smallest known star at its discovery. | ||
| DENIS J1048−3956 | 0.108 | Red dwarf | |||
| VZ Piscium B | Red dwarf | Also called NLTT 56936 B or HIP 115819 B. | |||
| WISE 0607+2429 | Brown dwarf | ||||
| ESO 207-61 | Brown dwarf | One of the first brown dwarfs to be identified. | |||
| Kepler-39b | Brown dwarf | Kepler-39 rotates rapidly with a rotation period of 1.6 hours and hence has an oblate shape, with its equator length being 22% larger than the poles. | |||
| CoRoT-3b | Brown dwarf | ||||
| TOI-2119 B | Brown dwarf | ||||
| 2MASS 1237+6526 | Brown dwarf | Has one unconfirmed exoplanet. | |||
| LHS 2065 | Red dwarf | ||||
| WISE J004945.61+215120.0 | Brown dwarf | ||||
| 2MASS J0523−1403 | Red dwarf | ||||
| KELT-1B | Brown dwarf | ||||
| LHS 292 | Red dwarf | Not to be confused with LHS 2924 | |||
| WISE 1405+5534 | Brown dwarf | ||||
| vB 10 | Red dwarf | ||||
| 2M1540 | 0.119 | Red dwarf | |||
| EI Cancri B | Red dwarf | ||||
| Gliese 569 Ba | Brown dwarf | First brown dwarf ever discovered, together with its companion Gliese 569 Bb, which were thought to be a single astronomical body at the time. | |||
| TRAPPIST-1 | Red dwarf | Hosts a planetary system with seven confirmed planets. | |||
| OGLE-TR-122B | Red dwarf | Was the smallest known star from 2005 to 2013. | |||
| Teegarden's Star | Red dwarf | Has three confirmed exoplanets. | |||
| G 196-3 B | Brown dwarf | ||||
| Königstuhl 1 B | Brown dwarf | ||||
| vB 8 | Red dwarf | ||||
| LS IV-14 116 | 0.122 | Subdwarf B star | |||
| SPECULOOS-3 | Red dwarf | Has one confirmed exoplanet. | |||
| 2MASS 0122-2439 B | Red dwarf | ||||
| DX Cancri | Red dwarf | ||||
| LHS 2090 | Red dwarf | ||||
| VHS J1256–1257b | 0.125 | Brown dwarf | |||
| LHS 288 | Red dwarf | ||||
| Gliese 412 B | Red dwarf | ||||
| OY Carinae B | 0.127 | Red dwarf | |||
| AZ Cancri | Red dwarf | ||||
| AS Leonis Minoris B | 0.13–0.51 | White dwarf or Subdwarf B star | AS Leonis Minoris is an eclipsing binary system made up of a luminous red giant and a hot companion. It has the longest period of any known eclipsing binary at 69 years. | ||
| GJ 1245 B | Red dwarf | ||||
| Gliese 623 B | Red dwarf | ||||
| Gliese 105 C | Red dwarf | ||||
| Teide 1 | Brown dwarf | First brown dwarf to be confirmed. | |||
| EI Cancri A | Red dwarf | ||||
| Alpha Trianguli B | Red dwarf | ||||
| LHS 1070 A | 0.14 | Red dwarf | |||
| HD 149382 | 0.143 | Subdwarf B star | |||
| EZ Aquarii A ' | Red dwarf | ||||
| EZ Aquarii B ' | Red dwarf | ||||
| Wolf 359 | Red dwarf | Fifth-nearest star system to Earth. | |||
| DENIS-P J1058.7−1548 | Brown dwarf | ||||
| GJ 1245 A | Red dwarf | ||||
| LP 944-20 | Brown dwarf | Among the brightest brown dwarfs. | |||
| Wolf 424 A | Red dwarf | ||||
| NY Virginis A | Subdwarf B star | ||||
| EX Hydrae B | 0.1513 | Red dwarf | |||
| GJ 1061 | Red dwarf | Has three confirmed exoplanets. | |||
| Wolf 424 B | Red dwarf | ||||
| Proxima Centauri | Red dwarf | The nearest extrasolar star. Has one confirmed planet, one candidate, and one disputed | |||
| 85 Pegasi Bb | 0.155 | Red dwarf | |||
| Gliese 65 B ' | Red dwarf | The Gliese 65 system may host a Neptune-mass planet. | |||
| NY Virginis B | 0.16 | Red dwarf | |||
| GL Virginis | Red dwarf | ||||
| TZ Arietis ' | Red dwarf | Has one confirmed exoplanet. | |||
| 2M1510 Aa | 0.16185 | Brown dwarf | The system has a candidate planet that orbits on a polar orbit around 2M1510AB, making this planet the first planet discovered orbiting polar around a binary system. | ||
| 2M1510 Ab | 0.16185 | Brown dwarf | The system has a candidate planet that orbits on a polar orbit around 2M1510AB, making this planet the first planet discovered orbiting polar around a binary system. | ||
| Gliese 65 A | Red dwarf | The Gliese 65 system may host a Neptune-mass planet. | |||
| Kepler-451 B | Red dwarf | ||||
| YZ Ceti | Red dwarf | ||||
| HR 858 B | Red dwarf | ||||
| LP 791-18 | Red dwarf | Has three confirmed exoplanets. | |||
| UY Sextantis | Subdwarf B star | ||||
| Z Andromedae B | to | to | White dwarf | Makes a symbiotic binary with its companion Z Andromedae A, a red giant. | |
| HIP 81208 Cb | Brown dwarf | ||||
| AB Doradus C | 0.178 | Red dwarf | Among the least massive stars confirmed. | ||
| Gliese 22 B | Red dwarf |