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why does saturn have smaller density than earth and mars which is smaller than saturn?
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Steve
Density is how tightly packed the matter is. It has nothing to do with the size of the body.

Saturn is a gas giant. Earth and Mars are rocky planets. Generally, rock is denser than gas.
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