finding high-G landable planets?

[Andovar]

Are there any methods to finding large high-G atmosphereless planets?

I've been researching a bit to see if there's any correlation between the star type and the size of rocky bodies that form around it, and haven't found anything yet. Was hoping there was some method of finding them other than blind luck.
I have yet to find anything over about 1.5G (I realize gravity isn't a direct correlation to overall size, but it's usually close)
The overwhelming majority of "rocks" out there seem to be rather small (much less than earth sized).
My main reason for wanting to find some of these is twofold:
1) I just want to see what it's like to fly around a high-g world.
2) I'm under the impression (possibly incorrectly) that the larger the planet, the more extreme the terrain will be (deeper canyons, taller mountains, etc.)

 

[Pirin]

From what i have seen the best place to find high G planets are B class stars. During DW expedition i was able to find several quite big planets orbiting such stars.
Also from what i have seen - the smaller is the planet, more extreme is the terrain. Not the opposite.

 

[iain666]

Also from what i have seen - the smaller is the planet, more extreme is the terrain. Not the opposite.

The higher the gravity the stronger the rock needs to be to hold up as a canyon wall or a mountain without collapsing under its own weight.

The bigger planets get the closer they get to spheres (well, slightly oblate spheroids because they're spinning...).

 

[Andovar]

The higher the gravity the stronger the rock needs to be to hold up as a canyon wall or a mountain without collapsing under its own weight.

The bigger planets get the closer they get to spheres (well, slightly oblate spheroids because they're spinning...).

Ah, yes, I suppose that makes sense.
I guess I've just been unlucky. All the terrain I've found so far has been rather subdued. I mean there's been shallow canyons and small mountains, but I've been wanting to find some that would make the Grand Canyon or Mt. Everest pale in comparison.
...guess i'll just keep on truckin.

 

[schizrade]

The highest G landable I have found was 6.1G. The highest unlandable (for now) is 12.71G. Planets over 4.5G are pretty rare from what I have seen.

 

[capt_sparks]

During my exploration stint, I devised a quick way to find high-G landable planets:
A.) Look for big landable planets. By "big", I mean mentally compare it with Achenar 3. If there's no such thing, skip to next system. This step should take you at most 1 second.
B.) If you find such a big landable unexplored planet, the information you only have is the mass M (in terms of earth masses) and radius R. Here's how I mentally estimate if the planet has a surface gravity greater than 4G: (R/1000)^2/10 < M.

For example: I find an unexplored planet with 20.000 earth masses and 10,000km radius. I mentally calculate that as 10^2/10 = 10 < 20. So I am able to deduce that the planet has a gravity greater than 4G. Not only that, since 2*10 = 20, that means the planet has roughly 8G gravity! These mental calculations should generally take you 1-2 seconds.

So if you're doing such planet search using an A-grade Exploraconda, you can do the following:
1.) Jump to system
2.) Fuel scoop til FSD cooldown completes
3.) Initialize FSD for next jump. While it's initializing, open system map and do steps (A) and (B).
4.) If there's a candidate high-gravity planet, press escape. Basically, this aborts the jump. Else, go to step (1).
5.) Explore the planet.
6.) Go to step (1).

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

From what i have seen the best place to find high G planets are B class stars. During DW expedition i was able to find several quite big planets orbiting such stars.
Also from what i have seen - the smaller is the planet, more extreme is the terrain. Not the opposite.

Yep, gotta love potatoes for interesting landscapes.

The higher the gravity the stronger the rock needs to be to hold up as a canyon wall or a mountain without collapsing under its own weight.

The bigger planets get the closer they get to spheres (well, slightly oblate spheroids because they're spinning...).

My word, that makes so much sense I wonder why I wondered about that