Why is this a Desert World?Your planet is a hot (401K), 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: 3.9% (<5% - bone dry, no water cycle)✓ Temperature: 401K (300-500K hot band)✓ Silicon + Iron + Magnesium: 62.7% (>=30% - a real rocky surface)✓ Holds an atmosphere to carry the dust haze
Habitability ScoreUninhabitable
16
Contributing Factors
water18
Very dry - minimal water - likely as steam
geology100
Active geology recycles nutrients and drives carbon cycle (tidal flexing sustains geologic activity)
rotation10
Near tidally locked - one hemisphere perpetually scorched, other frozen, narrow habitable twilight zone only
Organic Chemistry84
Core organic elements (CHNO) present (tidal pools cycle wet and dry - a boost for prebiotic chemistry)
atmosphere28
Nitrogen atmosphere provides protection but not breathable (partially stripped by slow rotation)
temperature15
Extremely hot - hostile to known life forms
magnetic Field100
Magnetic field provides radiation protection
Physical Properties
Mass
1.20x Earth (7.17e+24 kg)
Radius
1.06x Earth (6,770 km)
Surface Gravity
1.06x Earth (10.4 m/s²)
Surface Temperature
401 K (128 °C / 262 °F)
Rotation Period
1.0 hours/day (faster than Earth)
Orbital Environment
Star Type
M-type (Red Dwarf)
Distance from Star
0.10 AU (15 million km)
Orbital Period
21 days
Atmosphere
Thin, dusty CO₂-nitrogen atmosphere - permanent haze of wind-borne sand
Elemental Composition
Fe - Iron
39.2%
Si - Silicon
23.5%
C - Carbon
7.8%
Surface Characteristics
Endless dune seas and wind-carved rock under a permanent dust haze - scorching days, freezing nights