RXT-990 is the closest known planet to JBC-9052. Slightly larger than Earth, it is a rocky, brownish-grey world scorched by intense heat and radiation. Its day lasts only 197 minutes, making it a hostile, lifeless world.
Why is this a Desert World?Your planet is a hot (411K), bone-dry silicate rock that kept its atmosphere - with no water cycle to wash the air, wind lofts a permanent dust veil over endless dune seas.
Desert worlds are the Tatooine/Arrakis archetype: enough rock to build a solid surface, enough air to carry dust, and too little hydrogen for oceans or rain. Heat bakes out any trace moisture, so nothing interrupts the wind's work - dune seas, wind-carved rock, scorching days.
Classification Criteria:
✓ Hydrogen: 2.4% (<5% - bone dry, no water cycle)✓ Temperature: 411K (300-500K hot band)✓ Silicon + Iron + Magnesium: 73.2% (>=30% - a real rocky surface)✓ Holds an atmosphere to carry the dust haze
Habitability ScoreUninhabitable
6
Contributing Factors
water5
Very dry - minimal water - likely as steam (water stripped by extreme rotation)
geology90
Active geology recycles nutrients and drives carbon cycle