Space · #16 biggest of 1,014
How big is Pollux (star)?
12 million km
Pollux (star) measures 12 million km. That's about 8.62 Suns lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 12 million km, or about 7.46 million miles.
- It's about 7.06 billion times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 8.62 Suns could line up across it.
- Walking nonstop, you'd need about 99,206 days to travel its length.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #16 by size.
Size comparison
How Pollux (star) stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
Antares (star)
1,200,000,000 km
Rigel (star)
110,000,000 km
Aldebaran (star)
61,000,000 km
Arcturus (star)
36,000,000 km
Pollux (star)
12,000,000 km
Sirius A (star)
2,400,000 km
Sun
1,392,700 km
red dwarf star
200,000 km
Jupiter
139,822 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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