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Habitability
12/ 100
Uninhabitable

Carbon World

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Carbon World

Magnetic FieldModerate Activity
Why is this a Carbon World?Your planet's carbon (100.0%) outweighs its oxygen (0.0%), so the mineralogy flips from silicate rock to carbide - a graphite crust over a diamond mantle.
Carbon worlds form in carbon-rich disks where there isn't enough oxygen to bind it all into silicates. Instead carbon condenses directly into graphite, carbides, and - under pressure at depth - diamond. They form water-poor, so no life takes hold.
Classification Criteria:
✓ Carbon: 100.0% (>=20% required)✓ Carbon exceeds Oxygen: 100.0% > 0.0%✓ Mass: 1.0x Earth (<=8x hycean ceiling)
Habitability ScoreUninhabitable
12
Contributing Factors
water0
No water - the recipe has no hydrogen and oxygen to form it
geology90
Active geology recycles nutrients and drives carbon cycle
rotation100
Optimal rotation period - balanced day/night cycle, moderate weather, and good heat distribution
Organic Chemistry20
Limited organic chemistry potential
atmosphere40
Atmosphere present but composition not ideal for life
temperature100
Optimal temperature range for liquid water and life
magnetic Field100
Magnetic field provides radiation protection

Physical Properties

Mass
1.00x Earth (5.97e+24 kg)
Radius
1.00x Earth (6,371 km)
This planet: 1.00× Earth radiusEarth: 1× (baseline)
Surface Gravity
1.00x Earth (9.8 m/s²)
Surface Temperature
278 K (5 °C / 41 °F)
Rotation Period
24.0 hours/day
This planet: 24 h/dayEarth: 24 h/day

Orbital Environment

Star Type
G-type (Yellow (Sun-like))
Distance from Star
1.00 AU (150 million km)
Orbital Period
1.00 years

Atmosphere

Carbon monoxide and methane haze over a graphite surface

Elemental Composition

C - Carbon
100.0%

Surface Characteristics

Graphite plains and carbide ridges over a diamond mantle - a glittering coal-black world

Closest Real Exoplanet

TOI-700 e85% similar
Orbiting TOI-700
YoursTOI-700 e
Mass1.00 × Earth0.82 × Earth
Radius1.12 × Earth0.95 × Earth
Density (composition)3.90 g/cm³5.21 g/cm³
Temperature278.0 K273.0 K
Starlight received1.00 × Earth1.27 × Earth
Star temperature5,600 K3,459 K
Discovered 2023 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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