Why is this a Desert World?Your planet is a hot (451K), 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: 0.0% (<5% - bone dry, no water cycle)✓ Temperature: 451K (300-500K hot band)✓ Silicon + Iron + Magnesium: 69.0% (>=30% - a real rocky surface)✓ Holds an atmosphere to carry the dust haze
Habitability ScoreUninhabitable
12
Contributing Factors
water0
No water - the recipe has no hydrogen and oxygen to form it
geology30
Geologically dead - no nutrient recycling
rotation60
Fast rotation - strong global wind patterns and weather systems, but manageable
Organic Chemistry20
Limited organic chemistry potential
atmosphere70
Nitrogen atmosphere provides protection but not breathable
temperature15
Extremely hot - hostile to known life forms
magnetic Field30
No magnetic field - vulnerable to solar radiation
Physical Properties
Mass
0.20x Earth (1.19e+24 kg)
Radius
0.58x Earth (3,726 km)
Surface Gravity
0.58x Earth (5.7 m/s²)
Surface Temperature
451 K (178 °C / 353 °F)
Rotation Period
13.0 hours/day (faster than Earth)
Orbital Environment
Star Type
K-type (Orange)
Distance from Star
0.24 AU (35.9 million km)
Orbital Period
51 days
Atmosphere
Thin, dusty CO₂-nitrogen atmosphere - permanent haze of wind-borne sand
Elemental Composition
Fe - Iron
66.7%
Ni - Nickel
17.2%
C - Carbon
10.3%
Surface Characteristics
Endless dune seas and wind-carved rock under a permanent dust haze - scorching days, freezing nights