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Comment author: CellBioGuy 16 October 2015 02:08:10AM *  2 points [-]

Constant density planet: Escape velocity scales with the cube root of mass.

Real planets: Goes up faster than that since the inside crunches down as mass increases. Also the geology could start getting... interesting at large masses due to the whole square cube law thing and rapidly increasing primordial heat of formation.