"It has a mass of about eight Earths and radius of about two so it's no golf ball."
I don't think any SF writers ever thought of humans inhabiting planets of more than about 3g.
That said if it does have the atmosphere issue taken care of you can run around the whole surface without a full space suit.
That's quite attractive.
Now all you need is the hand held anti-gravity unit to avoid needing massive genetic engineering in order to survive on the planet.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
