Which is the smallest star known?

A star is an object which has a mass which is capable of igniting fusion to crush atoms of hydrogen into helium. These stars are formed when large gas cloud collapse inward. At about 10 million K, the hydrogen nuclei fuses into the helium nuclei to form the star. Stars are classified based on their luminosity, size and lifespan. They are classified into brown dwarfs, red dwarfs, yellow dwarfs, white stars, red giants, white dwarfs, black dwarfs, blue giants, neutron stars, variable stars and binary stars. EBLM J0555-57Ab was discovered to be the smallest star known in. 2017.

This star is about 600 light years away from the earth. This star was found using the data from and experiment known as WASP. It was first mistaken for a planet and late they noticed some sort of constant dimming in its parent star. This lead them to study this more and they realized that it was too large to be a planet and that it was essentially a tiny star. Even though this star is incredibly small, it powers the Sun and is also the Earth’s energy source. This star has a gravitational force or pull which is 300 times greater than the Earth.

There are so many stars that can be seen in the galaxy. Some of them are visible with the naked eye but there are also others that are not obvious at all. Some small stars are hard to see because they do not emit as much light as the bigger stars. The smallest star so far is OGLE-TR-122b. This is a red dwarf star type.

This is a part of a binary star system. What people should remember is that stars are known to be relatively larger even if they are considered to be small. Just imagine how big the sun is and it is not considered to be the biggest star. The various sizes of the stars make them easier to classify.