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Size of Stars

Stars differ in size. Some stars have diameters of only 20 km. These stars

are very much smaller than earth. Our sun is just a medium sized star. Many stars

are much larger than the sun.

Astronomers classify stars according to their size.

Supergiants are the largest known stars. The star Antares has a diameter

330 times the sun. The sun has a diameter of 1,392,000 km. Some supergiants

have diameters 1000 times that of the sun.

Giants are stars with diameters from 10 to 100 times that of the sun. The
star Aldebaran is a giant with a diameter about 45 times that of the sun.

Medium-sized stars are about the size of the sun. Their diameters range
from 139,200 km to 13,920,000 km. Sirius is a medium sized star.

White dwarfs are small stars with diameters of less than 10,000 km. The
smallest white dwarf is Van Maanen’s Star with a diameter of 8,370 km.

Neutron stars, also called pulsars, are smallest star.