Why is this a Desert World?Your planet is a hot (380K), 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: 4.3% (<5% - bone dry, no water cycle)✓ Temperature: 380K (300-500K hot band)✓ Silicon + Iron + Magnesium: 30.4% (>=30% - a real rocky surface)✓ Holds an atmosphere to carry the dust haze
Habitability ScoreExtremely Harsh
21
Contributing Factors
water19
Very dry - minimal water - likely as steam
geology90
Active geology recycles nutrients and drives carbon cycle
rotation10
Near tidally locked - one hemisphere perpetually scorched, other frozen, narrow habitable twilight zone only
Organic Chemistry20
Limited organic chemistry potential
atmosphere28
Nitrogen atmosphere provides protection but not breathable (partially stripped by slow rotation)
temperature40
Extreme temperature - very difficult for 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)
Surface Gravity
1.00x Earth (9.8 m/s²)
Surface Temperature
380 K (107 °C / 225 °F)
Rotation Period
24.0 hours/day
Orbital Environment
Star Type
A-type (Blue-White)
Distance from Star
3.38 AU (506 million km)
Orbital Period
4.39 years
Atmosphere
Thin, dusty CO₂-nitrogen atmosphere - permanent haze of wind-borne sand
Elemental Composition
He - Helium
34.8%
S - Sulfur
17.4%
O - Oxygen
13.0%
Surface Characteristics
Endless dune seas and wind-carved rock under a permanent dust haze - scorching days, freezing nights