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If you could find a bathtub big enough for Saturn, the planet would Group of answer choices explode due to its liquid metallic hydrogen. precipitate more helium. float. sink due to its metallic interior. catch fire, as liquid sodium reacts with water.

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It will float

Step-by-step explanation:

Saturn is the second largest planet of the solar system. It is a gas giant. Although it is huge its density is very less as compared to other planets and Earth. In fact its density is (1/8)th of that of the Earth.

Density of Saturn: 687 kg/m³

Density of Earth: 5520 kg/m³

Density of Water: 997 kg/m³

If we place Saturn in a tub of water, it will float. The reason is its lower density than water. For anything to sink in water it should have higher density than water.

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