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