Atmospheric pressures.... is this even possible?

[Togg]

this planet i scanned has an Atmospheric pressure of over 700k. my calculations ( and forgive me as this is NOT my field of expertise) show that at the surface of this planet the pressure would be 10,322,298 PSI or 71,169,739,282 newton/square meter. i was wondering if those out there who actually study/work in this field, IS this even possible?

 

[Mephane]

The temperature and pressure inside Jupiter increase steadily toward the core, due to the Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism. At the "surface" pressure level of 10 bars, the temperature is around 340 K (67 °C; 152 °F). At the phase transition region where hydrogen—heated beyond its critical point—becomes metallic, it is believed the temperature is 10,000 K (9,700 °C; 17,500 °F) and the pressure is 200 GPa. The temperature at the core boundary is estimated to be 36,000 K (35,700 °C; 64,300 °F) and the interior pressure is roughly 3,000–4,500 GPa.

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1 bar, i.e. 1 Earth atmosphere, is 100kPa (Source). If my calculations are correct, 700,000 bar = 70 GPa. So that is still significantly less than the pressure inside Jupiter.

 

[CMDR LACEWING]

I don't think it's possible. Especially water and nitrogen atmospheres have absurd values.

 

[Togg]

Granted that it is less than the pressure of Jupiter... but thats a gas giant with more than a few kilometers of atmo... this is a solid planet.. yeah its 2 times the size of earth... but even so it shouldnt have more atmo than planet. Jupiter has ~ 5000km of atmo.

 

[Brakespear]

Frontier should implement "Anomalous Readings" bonuses for explorers, and let the procedural generation go a bit crazy at times.

 

[mbcx4jrh]

Suggest vapour atmosphere at that temp/pressure

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[Whiterose]

The planet also has water geysers. I imagine it would be more of a dribble out of the ground at those pressures.