<p>Something like this?</p>

<p><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9608168" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9608168</a></p>

<p>But you can do literature search about the topic using NASA ADS for example, or astro-ph arxiv. They are pretty comprehensive databases of papers from astronomy/astrophysics field. If you dont find anything there you are pretty sure that no one did it. If you do find some results there (and I know for a fact that mass-size diagrams are explored/created for galaxies, clusters, etc) it might shed some light on your problem as well.</p>

<p>NASA ADS:
<a href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html</a></p>

<p>astro-ph arXiv:
<a href="https://arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph</a></p>

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2019-04-16T10:40:27.653Z
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Nemanja Martinovic
<p>I've been wanting to make a mass-volume (or mass-radius) chart for astronomical objects ranging from asteroids to supermassive black holes on a log-log scale. A sort of 'Hertzsprung-Russel' type diagram but with mass and volume as the axes. </p>

<p>I wanted to check first to see if anyone else has done this before. Google doesn't seem to turn up anything of the sort, and so I'm wondering if anybody in the esteemed audience of Astronomy.SE would know of the existence of such a diagram. </p>

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2019-04-16T10:24:15.063Z
This might be one of those "quicker to make than to search for" situations. :-)
StephenG - Help Ukraine
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2019-04-16T10:26:17.567Z
I thought this would help but it's not for astronomy: [Collection of space exploration related infographics](https://space.meta.stackexchange.com/q/472/12102)
uhoh
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2019-04-16T10:30:39.867Z
What about a diameter/density chart? Or a surface-area/moment-of-inertia chart? The advantages of DIY are endless! ;-)
uhoh
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2019-04-16T16:27:18.630Z
log mass versus log radius would do.
ProfRob
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Existence of a mass-volume astronomical chart?
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# Existence of a mass-volume astronomical chart?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-16)

I've been wanting to make a mass-volume (or mass-radius) chart for astronomical objects ranging from asteroids to supermassive black holes on a log-log scale. A sort of 'Hertzsprung-Russel' type diagram but with mass and volume as the axes.

I wanted to check first to see if anyone else has done this before. Google doesn't seem to turn up anything of the sort, and so I'm wondering if anybody in the esteemed audience of Astronomy.SE would know of the existence of such a diagram.

**Tags:** mass

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This might be one of those "quicker to make than to search for" situations. :-)  
> **username_2**: I thought this would help but it's not for astronomy: [Collection of space exploration related infographics](https://space.meta.stackexchange.com/q/472/12102)  
> **username_2**: What about a diameter/density chart? Or a surface-area/moment-of-inertia chart? The advantages of DIY are endless! ;-)  
> **username_3**: log mass versus log radius would do.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2019-04-16. Score: 1

Something like this?

<https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9608168>

But you can do literature search about the topic using NASA ADS for example, or astro-ph arxiv. They are pretty comprehensive databases of papers from astronomy/astrophysics field. If you dont find anything there you are pretty sure that no one did it. If you do find some results there (and I know for a fact that mass-size diagrams are explored/created for galaxies, clusters, etc) it might shed some light on your problem as well.

NASA ADS:
<http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html>

astro-ph arXiv:
<https://arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph>


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