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Salt World
✦ MeynachMagnetic FieldLow Activity
Why is this a Salt World?Your planet is rich in sodium (11.7%) and chlorine (7.8%) but starved of hydrogen (0.0%), so instead of a water cycle it precipitates its salt into blinding evaporite flats.
Salt worlds need real halite chemistry - sodium and chlorine together, not just one - plus a dry recipe, since any real water cycle would dissolve the crust as fast as it forms. A warm 250-500K band keeps brines mobile enough to precipitate at the surface: halite plains, brine pans, salt-crusted ridges.
Classification Criteria:
✓ Sodium: 11.7% + Chlorine: 7.8% (min 3% each, 12% combined)✓ Hydrogen: 0.0% (<5% - dry enough for evaporites)✓ Temperature: 446K (250-500K warm band)✓ Silicon + Iron + Magnesium: 57.1% (>=15% - a rocky base to salt-crust over)
Habitability ScoreUninhabitable
Contributing Factors
water0
No water - the recipe has no hydrogen and oxygen to form it
geology60
Some geological activity provides slow nutrient cycling
rotation100
Optimal rotation period - balanced day/night cycle, moderate weather, and good heat distribution
Organic Chemistry0
Limited organic chemistry potential - chlorine-laced environment attacks organic molecules
atmosphere40
Atmosphere present but composition not ideal for life
temperature15
Extremely hot - hostile to known life forms
magnetic Field100
Magnetic field provides radiation protection
Physical Properties
Mass
0.60x Earth (3.58e+24 kg)Radius
0.84x Earth (5,374 km)Surface Gravity
0.84x Earth (8.3 m/s²)Surface Temperature
446 K (173 °C / 344 °F)Rotation Period
30.0 hours/day (slower than Earth)Orbital Environment
Star Type
F-type (White)Distance from Star
0.95 AU (142 million km)Orbital Period
297 daysAtmosphere
Thin dry atmosphere with sodium dust and chlorine traces
Elemental Composition
Si - Silicon
31.2%
Fe - Iron
15.6%
O - Oxygen
13.0%
Surface Characteristics
Blinding white evaporite flats - halite plains, brine pans, and salt-crusted ridgesClosest Real Exoplanet
Kepler-220 d85% similar
Orbiting Kepler-220| Yours | Kepler-220 d | |
|---|---|---|
| Mass | 0.60 × Earth | 0.90 × Earth |
| Radius | 0.89 × Earth | 0.98 × Earth |
| Density (composition) | 4.72 g/cm³ | 5.29 g/cm³ |
| Temperature | 446.4 K | 401.0 K |
| Starlight received | 6.65 × Earth | 8.21 × Earth |
| Star temperature | 6,750 K | 4,632 K |