Why is this a Volcanic World?Runaway tidal heating from its moons drives volcanism across a cold crust - the planet is kneaded like Io.
Resonant, close-in moons pump orbital eccentricity, and the resulting tidal flexing dissipates enormous heat in the interior. Only a fraction of the surface is molten at once, so the ground between the vents stays as cold as the orbit allows - Io's own equilibrium temperature is about 110 K.
Classification Criteria:
✓ Close-in moons in a resonant configuration✓ Tidal heat flux beyond the runaway threshold- The orbit is not what melted it: 0.17 AU, 302K equilibrium
Habitability ScoreUninhabitable
14
Contributing Factors
water20
Very dry - minimal water
geology40
Extreme volcanic activity may be hazardous
rotation10
Near tidally locked - one hemisphere perpetually scorched, other frozen, narrow habitable twilight zone only
Organic Chemistry100
All CHNOPS elements present - building blocks of life
atmosphere16
Atmosphere present but composition not ideal for life (partially stripped by slow rotation)
temperature15
Optimal temperature range for liquid water and life (large moon stabilizes the axial tilt - steady seasons) (runaway tidal heating keeps the surface molten regardless of orbit) (strong seasons from a 46° tilt: −2% habitability)
magnetic Field100
Magnetic field provides radiation protection (a large close moon may help stir the core dynamo (speculative))
Physical Properties
Mass
1.70x Earth (1.02e+25 kg)
Radius
1.19x Earth (7,604 km)
Surface Gravity
1.19x Earth (11.7 m/s²)
Surface Temperature
302 K (28 °C / 83 °F)
Rotation Period
10.0 hours/day (faster than Earth)
Orbital Environment
Star Type
M-type (Red Dwarf)
Distance from Star
0.17 AU (25.4 million km)
Orbital Period
47 days
Atmosphere
Volcanic outgassing - sulfur compounds and vaporized rock
Elemental Composition
O - Oxygen
24.0%
Fe - Iron
21.3%
Ni - Nickel
10.9%
Surface Characteristics
Runaway tidal heating drives volcanism across a cold crust - lava lakes and sulfur plains between frozen plains
Outside the synchronous orbit: slowly receding, like Luna (~cm per year).
Tidal braking locked the planet to its moon: one face forever moonward.
+5 temperature: large moon stabilizes the axial tilt - steady seasons-85 temperature: runaway tidal heating keeps the surface molten regardless of orbit+5 magneticField: a large close moon may help stir the core dynamo (speculative)
Habitability
✓ Conditions could support lifeThis planet’s modelled conditions could support biological processes: stable temperatures, liquid water and the chemistry life as we know it needs. That makes life possible, not present.