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Is less dense than water Jupiter or Mercury?

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I think that it is Saturn, regardless of it being the 2nd largest planet in our solar system, it has a density of 0.678 grams per cubic centimeters, which is less than the density of water ( density ≃ 1 gram per cubic centimeters).

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