Why is this a Ice World?Your planet orbits at 4.25 AU from its star, resulting in frigid temperatures of 136K.
Ice worlds form beyond the frost line where temperatures are low enough for water and other volatiles to freeze solid. They may have subsurface oceans beneath thick ice shells.
Classification Criteria:
✓ Distance: 4.25 AU (>3 AU) or Temperature <200K✓ Temperature: 136K✓ Water content: 35.0% for ice formation
Habitability ScoreUninhabitable
8
Contributing Factors
water20
Good water content - frozen solid, no liquid phase at this temperature
geology30
Geologically dead - no nutrient recycling
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 (tidal pools cycle wet and dry - a boost for prebiotic chemistry) — but the ground itself is radioactive, and no magnetic field shields a world from its own crust
atmosphere28
Nitrogen atmosphere provides protection but not breathable (partially stripped by slow rotation)
temperature25
Very cold - water frozen, challenging for life (large moon stabilizes the axial tilt - steady seasons)
magnetic Field30
No magnetic field - vulnerable to solar radiation
Physical Properties
Mass
0.30x Earth (1.79e+24 kg)
Radius
0.67x Earth (4,265 km)
Surface Gravity
0.67x Earth (6.6 m/s²)
Surface Temperature
136 K (-137 °C / -214 °F)
Rotation Period
13.0 hours/day (faster than Earth)
Orbital Environment
Star Type
G-type (Yellow (Sun-like))
Distance from Star
4.25 AU (636 million km)
Orbital Period
8.76 years
Atmosphere
Thin nitrogen and methane atmosphere
Elemental Composition
O - Oxygen
28.0%
H - Hydrogen
14.0%
Si - Silicon
14.0%
Surface Characteristics
Frozen surface covered in water ice, possible subsurface ocean if tidal heating present