Yet another planet idea!

[Souper]

Name: Saggy

Surface gravity: 8.7 m/s at highlands, 299,792,458 m/s at the lowest point. (there's a pit that takes 1/30th of Saggy's surface area that goes all the way to the core)

Mass: Twice as kerbin.

Radius: Unknown. That's up to the modders who'll make this.

Moons: 5 possible dwarf moons, 1 massive moon 2x larger than the mun.

Distance from Kerbol: In-between Dres and Duna.

[Camacha]

How is a lower point going to make the gravity stronger? As far as I know it should become weaker. It is actually that phenomena on Earth that causes hills in oceans - deep sea gulleys mean less mass which attracts less water.

Edited January 21, 2015 by Camacha

[Souper]

Well, that's what happens in KSP if you go closer to a planet's core. At least how it's modeled. 'Sides, i really want Danny2462 to have fun in gravity that = the speed of light.

[NFUN]

*8.7 m/s^2, 299,792,458 m/s^2, I assume you meant

Camacha, I think he means that the hole will go so close to the center of mass that the gravity will be noticeably different, although I don't think KSP's engine will appreciate such an outrageous fib. I'm pretty sure it calculates gravity more or less correctly/accurately, and that is hilariously unrealistic.

[Tex]

I don't think such a planet is possible, even in the limits of KSP. That sounds more like black hole gravity than anything, and having a black hole anywhere in the Kerbol system would be a complete nightmare.

[Souper]

I meant that kind of gravity would be attained by a very deep mohole-like pit, only 1 or 2 kilometers wide that went so close to the center of gravity the acceleration would be 299,792,458 m/s. You see, KSP models gravity based on:

1. How massive a planet is

2. How close you are to the center

With that, this planet is very, very VERY possible indeed!

[dryer_lint]

Is there a tesseract at the center?

cough

Sorry, couldn't resist. Anyways, it seems cool but you do know that SQUAD probably isn't adding planets anytime soon, and if they do, it will most likely be GP2?