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Is this true? If we found a huge bathtub and placed Saturn in it, would it float? Well, while the answer is not exactly simple, the easiest way to answer this is to say - yes.
Yes, in theory, Saturn should be able to float in water because it is mostly made of gas, mostly hydrogen and helium. Gas has a lower density than water, so the entire planet should be able to float in it. However, the planet is not a uniform object; it is not solid like Earth, which means that we can't be sure that it would be able to float in water.
This leads us to the answer that it could float in a bathtub in theory, but we can't be sure unless we do some experimentation. Since that experiment is impossible to do, this question will remain a mystery, to an extent. Saturn is one of the most instantly recognizable planets. It has a unique look, and its rings can be seen quite easily with a telescope. All of the other planets in the Solar System have a higher density than water.
Since Saturn weighs less than the other planets, it should be able to float in water. Ok, maybe you found some awesome way to make water really really deep but still water. Maybe you have devoted the resources of the entire solar system just to make a giant sea of water.
Ok, I get it. Still Saturn wouldn't float. If you take a ping pong ball and toss it in your tub, it will float.
A ping pong ball is a rigid object. Saturn is not rigid. The large bulk of Saturn's outer volume is filled with molecular hydrogen. The denser materials are in the center because a gravitational interaction. If you like, you could think of the collective gravitational force of all the bits of Saturn pulling such that the denser stuff is in the middle supporting the lower density materials.
But what would happen if you put this non-rigid object on the giant water planet? If the planet is very very large in mass, the net gravitational field will be towards the center of the water planet and not towards the center of Saturn. This means that all of that material - especially the rocky core will also be pulled to the center of planet water. Let me change my floating Saturn diagram to show the core. What is going forces are going to be acting on the core?
Well, there the gravitational force of planet water pulling on it. But what pushes up on it? The hydrogen in the atmosphere of Saturn pushes up - but not very much, it's just not dense enough. That means this core will "fall" towards the surface of the water planet. The hydrogen atmosphere will then move up and probably become part of the water planet's atmosphere. This would kind of be like trying to hold a raw egg without the shell.
It just doesn't stay together. In the end, you would have a giant rocky core at the bottom of the water planet's ocean. If you want to call the destruction of a planet "floating", well I guess that's ok. Or maybe we could keep the old definition of floating and leave Saturn where it is.
So, what should you say about Saturn's density? How about something like this:. Saturn is HUGE. However, all huge things don't have huge densities. In fact, the mass of Saturn is low enough such that the overall density of Saturn is less than the density of liquid water on Earth. Oh, I think I should talk about how humans find the mass and volume of Saturn. That will be another post though. So, wave and comb your hair. The Density of Saturn Let's assume that Saturn is a sphere. Rhett Allain is an associate professor of physics at Southeastern Louisiana University.
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