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Habitability
2/ 100
Uninhabitable

Arachnid Salt Flats

by Stargazer
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Salt World

✦ Stargazer Nebula
Magnetic 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: 427K (250-500K warm band)✓ Silicon + Iron + Magnesium: 57.1% (>=15% - a rocky base to salt-crust over)
Habitability ScoreUninhabitable
2
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 — but the remnant's shock fronts flood this orbit with cosmic rays

Physical Properties

Mass
0.60x Earth (3.58e+24 kg)
Radius
0.84x Earth (5,374 km)
This planet: 0.84× Earth radiusEarth: 1× (baseline)
Surface Gravity
0.84x Earth (8.3 m/s²)
Surface Temperature
427 K (154 °C / 309 °F)
Rotation Period
30.0 hours/day (slower than Earth)
This planet: 30 h/dayEarth: 24 h/day

Orbital Environment

Star Type
SNR-type (Supernova Remnant)
Distance from Star
0.30 AU (44.9 million km)
Orbital Period
51 days

Atmosphere

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 ridges

Closest Real Exoplanet

TOI-700 b94% similar
Orbiting TOI-700
YoursTOI-700 b
Mass0.60 × Earth0.70 × Earth
Radius0.89 × Earth0.91 × Earth
Density (composition)4.72 g/cm³5.08 g/cm³
Temperature426.8 K417.0 K
Starlight received5.56 × Earth4.98 × Earth
Star temperature— 3,459 K
Discovered 2020 via transit · 101 light-years awaySource: NASA Exoplanet Archive
Surface views from three worlds: rocky ground under a ringed sky, a cloud deck, and a lit desert

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