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can a planet float on water?

Asked by fau about 1 month ago, 10 answers.
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Can a planet float on water?

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Answered by mikeh on Sep 30, 2008, 06:46PM
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If you had enough water and the right planet, yes. Saturn has such a low density, for instance, that if you had a pool big enough and dropped the planet in, it would bob on the surface. Mercury, on the other hand, would drop like a stone, being mostly a ball of metal.

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Answered by sarah1863 on Sep 30, 2008, 06:35PM
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I do not think so

Answered by fau on Sep 30, 2008, 06:36PM
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A planet? No..

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Answered by jax on Sep 30, 2008, 06:40PM
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yes.

Answered by fau on Sep 30, 2008, 06:41PM
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omg you were there too?!

Answered by captainassassin on Sep 30, 2008, 07:15PM
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Depends on the planets density... I think SATURN would float, if you could find an ocean that was both wide and deep enough.

Answered by sluttyeagleho11 on Sep 30, 2008, 08:08PM
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saturn can

Answered by 192837 on Oct 01, 2008, 02:30AM
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just got to work on the same principle as any other object floating on water, look at its overall density and work out weather it is denser that water
the gas giants would be the prime candidates, most of the solid ones being rock or metal, wouldn't be able to
and you would need a LOT of water :p

Answered by zeig on Oct 01, 2008, 05:32PM
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the volume of the water would have to be an unimagenabley time greater than that of the planet and even more so with the higher the density of the planet.

Answered by gizoe on Oct 14, 2008, 08:51AM
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depends if its fresh, if its like a fresh apple it will float but if its like a old apple itwill sink. naw im only kidding I dont have a clue lol

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