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How can you tell Neptune is denser than Uranus?

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Scientists know the masses of both Uranus and Neptune because of the effects of their gravity on other objects, and the fact that their sizes are easy enough to measure. Neptune has more mass than Uranus and is slightly smaller, which makes it denser.

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