Space · #25 biggest of 1,014
How big is a white dwarf star?
14,000 km
A white dwarf star measures 14,000 km. That's about 1,582 Mount Everests lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 14,000 km, or about 8,699 miles.
- It's about 8.24 million times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 1,582 Mount Everests could line up across it.
- Walking nonstop, you'd need about 116 days to travel its length.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #25 by size.
Size comparison
How white dwarf star stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
Saturn
116,464 km
Uranus
50,724 km
Neptune
49,244 km
Great Wall of China
21,196 km
white dwarf star
14,000 km
Earth
12,742 km
Venus
12,104 km
Mars
6,779 km
Nile River
6,650 km
Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
Standing beside it, an average person (1.7 m tall) would reach only about less than 0.001% of its height.
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