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[–] Beacon@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

By mass. But in terms of dimensions there are many stars smaller than Earth.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Beacon@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

From what i find on a quick websearch, it seems that neutron stars aren't stars. I don't really know anything about that topic

[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That is correct. Neutron stars, white dwarfs, and stellar mass black holes (possibly intermediate mass as well) are all stellar remnants, ie star corpses.

[–] Devadander@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah no shit. But in the sky, they’re merely a point. Which is what the rhyme is speaking to

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The comment thread you're replying to is talking about the actual size of the celestial bodies

[–] Devadander@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The narrator of the rhyme doesn’t even know what it is, much less its size. ‘How I wonder what you are’. They’re speaking to a point of light

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

Again, you're not wrong, but that's not the topic of the thread you're replying on