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Old 09-September-2004, 02:27 PM
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Yes; one other thing about a high gee planet- it would not have high mountains;
in fact the rocky core- if there is one, which is not guaranteed- woould be remarkably smooth; and the atmosphere would probably convert into liquid phase several hundred kilometers above the rocky surface.

You might even get an ice mantle- like the one on my own imaginary planet Panthalassa
http://www.orionsarm.com/worlds/Panthalassa.html
which is based on this paper
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0308324
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