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by OkayPhysicist 1018 days ago
Comparing rocky planets, density doesn't really matter at all. The range of possible densities for rocky planets is tightly constrained. What matters is the fact that surface gravity scales sub-linearly with regards to a planets mass.

  M = 4/3*pi*r^3*d
  r = (4/3*pi*d/M)^(-1/3)
  a = GM/r^2
  a = GM(4/3*pi*d/M)^(2/3)
  a = G(4/3*pi*d)^(2/3) * M^(1/3)
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We know that it's not (primarily) rocky though because the radius is 2.6 that of earth, but the mass is only 8 times. So it's about about 46% as dense as earth.