What happens if you put Saturn in water?

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. In the end, you would have a giant rocky core at the bottom of the water planet’s ocean.

Would Saturn actually float in water?

Saturn could float in water because it is mostly made of gas. Saturn spins on its axis very fast. A day on Saturn is 10 hours and 14 minutes. The Ringed Planet is so far away from the Sun that it receives much less sunlight than we do here on Earth.

Can Saturn float in a bathtub?

Saturn has the lowest density of any planet, 0.7 g/cc, which is less than that of water. Saturn is of such low density that it would float in a (gigantic) bathtub. However, you would not want to put Saturn in a bathtub.

What would happen if Saturn was destroyed?

All massive bodies exert a gravitational pull on all other bodies, so Saturn vanishing would have some effect on every other body in the Solar System, but the effect would be minor. Jupiter and Uranus would be most strongly affected, but both would merely have their orbits shift very slightly from what they are now.

What are 2 facts about Saturn?

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• Saturn is the least dense planet in the Solar System.
• Saturn is a flattened ball.
• The first astronomers thought the rings were moons.
• Saturn has only been visited 4 times by spacecraft.
• Saturn has 62 moons.
• The length of a day on Saturn was a mystery until recently.

Why is Saturn not very dense?

Planetary Sci. As you can see, at the low end density increases with mass, because the more massive a planet gets the more of its mass tends to be gas (hydrogen and helium) rather than rock and ice. Uranus and Neptune are mostly ice, and Saturn is mostly gas, so it’s less dense.

What are 5 facts about Saturn?

Facts about Saturn

• Saturn is the most distant planet that can be seen with the naked eye.
• Saturn was known to the ancients, including the Babylonians and Far Eastern observers.
• Saturn is the flattest planet.
• Saturn orbits the Sun once every 29.4 Earth years.
• Saturn’s upper atmosphere is divided into bands of clouds.

Can you stand on Saturn’s rings?

You probably won’t have much success walking on Saturn’s rings, unless you happen to land on one of its moons, like Methone, Pallene, or even Titan, which has been considered a potential site for a future space colony. But you’ll want to keep your space suit on, as Titan is a chilly -179.6 degrees Celsius (-292 F).

Where do most planets get their name from?

All of the planets, except for Earth, were named after Greek and Roman gods and godesses. Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus and Mercury were given their names thousands of years ago. The other planets were not discovered until much later, after telescopes were invented.

Would Saturn sink or float if you could place it in a gigantic bathtub filled with water?

Saturn is predominantly comprised of hydrogen and helium gas, giving it an overall density lower than that of liquid water.

Can we survive without Saturn?

Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune: As with Jupiter, you’d descend into these gas giants and ultimately be crushed by the pressure. Nope, not even the rings of Saturn would provide you with a stable surface to walk on.

How close is Saturn to Earth right now?

1,457,609,895 kilometers
Saturn Distance from Earth The distance of Saturn from Earth is currently 1,457,609,895 kilometers, equivalent to 9.743520 Astronomical Units. Light takes 1 hours, 21 minutes and 2.0633 seconds to travel from Saturn and arrive to us.

Is it possible for Saturn to float in water?

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 interior is something much denser – maybe metallic hydrogen and/or a rocky core.

Where does the hydrogen in Saturn’s atmosphere go?

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.

How big is Saturn compared to the water planet?

However, based on this sketch the water surface planet would have a radius 8 times larger than Saturn’s radius. This makes the water planet on the same order as the size of the Sun – except water. Water is hydrogen and oxygen. You know what else has a lot of hydrogen?

Is the planet Saturn visible in the sky?

Saturn is visible in the sky now, a beautiful ringed world with a density so low it would float in water. Wait. No. That’s actually wrong, says Wired Science blogger Rhett Allain.