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Sounds like the "Fast Protosun" from Larry Niven's short story, "Flatlander". (I could swear its called "Cannonball Express" in another story of Larry's).

Just don't try to land on it right away!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatlander_(short_story)


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