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OCR: STAR MASS THE MASS OF A STAR is the measure of 60 solar masses, although a few stars how much material it contains. The contain up to 120 solar masses. If one units used when measuring stellar mass star is more massive than another, it is are solar masses. One solar mass is the not necessarily larger in diameter than mass of the Sun. Most other stars have the other star: the star's size depends a mass somewhere between 0.08 and on how densely packed its matter is. TYPE OF STAR MASS OF THIMBLEFUL EQUIVALENT MASS STAR DENSITIES HALF A Density is a measure THE SUGAR of the mass contained SUN 1.4 GRAMS (1/2 OZ) CUBE in a given volume. Stars come in a huge range of densities. WHITE DWARF A HIPPOPOTAMUS 1.4 TONNES (1.5 TONS) NEUTRON 20 PERCENT OF STAR THE WORLD'S 200 MILLION TONNES POPULATION FA ...