Will tenuous atmosphere high-G planets potentially have much higher g-forces than 11G?

Branithar

Branithar
The current discovered highest G landable planet is 11G, with no atmosphere. Extremely high G planets have heavy atmospheres and are not landable yet. Will high-G tenuous atmosphere planets potentially have G-forces much higher than 11G?
 

Orvidius

Orvidius
I'd say it's possible, but they'll still be rare. We have a good chance of finding more record-breakers just by virtue of the fact that about 20% more planets will be landable now. But the pressure range is still pretty low, capped at 0.1 atmospheres, and the bigger planets with lots of gravity tend to hold onto a lot more atmosphere than that. So my guess is that it might increase the odds a little, but high-G landables will still be almost as rare as before.
 

Chrystoph

Chrystoph
Oh, interesting thought, has anyone checked to see if the 11g planet still exists?

I mean, with all the changes that were wrought to the canyon planets, is it possible that the 11g planet got rerendered into something else?
 

Orvidius

Orvidius
The surface will have changed entirely, but the size, gravity, and atmospheric pressure all come from the underlying StellerForge which hasn't changed. So all those numbers should still be the same, just with a completely different appearance. ;)
 
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