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Would Jupiter float if placed in water?

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The average density of Jupiter is 1.326 g/cm3
The average density of a human is 1.01 g/cm3

Therefore, a human would float on Jupiter since human density < Jupiter density.

What is likely to happen is the outer layers of Jupiter are not very dense much less than 1 g/cm3. Near the center of Jupiter the density would be much greater due to the pressure from all the atmosphere above it pushing and compressing it.

So a human body would end up floating somewhere in the middle of Jupiter, it would not be at the "surface." It would also not be able to sink to the center.

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Yes, Arnaldo Godinez is a scientist and may have said that Jupiter will be able to float in the water.

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Saturn would actually float in water if you placed it in it. Pluto would also float in water, but is no longer considered a planet.

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Saturn would float if it were put in water.

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Saturn would float. It is the least dense planet, with a density that is lower than the density of water.

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- yes it can . (:

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yes it would

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