No life — too cold for liquid waterMagnetic FieldModerate Activity
Why is this a Ice Giant?Your planet has moderate mass (8.5x Earth) with significant water, carbon, and nitrogen content, characteristic of ice giants.Ice giants like Uranus and Neptune have icy interiors with thick atmospheres of hydrogen and helium, but not enough to be classified as gas giants.
✓ Mass: 8.5x Earth (5-20x range)✓ Water/Carbon/Nitrogen rich composition
Habitability ScoreExtremely Harsh
Contributing Factorswater15
No solid surface — any water is locked in a supercritical mantle and hot ice, not oceansgeology90
Active geology recycles nutrients and drives carbon cyclerotation100
Optimal rotation period - balanced day/night cycle, moderate weather, and good heat distributionOrganic Chemistry80
Core organic elements (CHNO) presentatmosphere30
Hydrogen-rich atmosphere typical of gas giantstemperature40
Extreme temperature - very difficult for lifemagnetic Field100
Magnetic field provides radiation protection Physical Properties
Mass
8.50x Earth (5.08e+25 kg)Radius
2.04x Earth (13,002 km)Surface Gravity
2.04x Earth (20.0 m/s²)Surface Temperature
242 K (-31 °C / -24 °F)Rotation Period
33.0 hours/day (slower than Earth)Orbital Environment
Star Type
A-type (Blue-White)Distance from Star
8.59 AU (1.29 billion km)Atmosphere
Hydrogen and helium with water, methane, and ammonia ices
Surface Characteristics
Icy mantle surrounding rocky core, with hydrogen-helium atmosphere