COMPARING THE COMPACT OBJECTS
ESCAPE SPEEDS FROM THE EARTH AND THE SUN
The escape speed depends on the mass and the size of an object
ESCAPE SPEEDS FROM THE EARTH, A WHITE DWARF STAR AND A NEUTRON STAR
LEFT: the Earth and white dwarf have approximately the same size, but a white dwarf star is much more massive. RIGHT: a neutron star
COMPARING A NEUTRON STAR AND A BLACK HOLE
Both are small in size but huge in mass