• Question: what is the smalest star called?

    Asked by littlechatterbox to Adam, Catherine, Karen, Leila, Nazim on 16 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by funkymonkey.
    • Photo: Adam Stevens

      Adam Stevens answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      Don’t know this one, sorry.

    • Photo: Karen Masters

      Karen Masters answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      I think I answered this already – brown dwarfs are the smallest kind of star I think.

    • Photo: Leila Battison

      Leila Battison answered on 17 Mar 2012:

      The smallest star is just a tiny bit bigger than Jupiter, but nearly 100 times the mass, which is why its a star not a planet!

      It’s called OGLE-TR-122, which is a bit of an ugly name!

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