Why is this a Desert World?Your planet is a hot (353K), 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: 353K (300-500K hot band)✓ Silicon + Iron + Magnesium: 94.1% (>=30% - a real rocky surface)✓ Holds an atmosphere to carry the dust haze
Habitability
Destroyed — no longer habitable
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
353 K (80 °C / 176 °F)
Rotation Period
28.0 hours/day (slower than Earth)
Orbital Environment
Star Type
A-type (Blue-White)
Distance from Star
3.92 AU (586 million km)
Orbital Period
5.49 years
Atmosphere
Thin, dusty CO₂-nitrogen atmosphere - permanent haze of wind-borne sand
Elemental Composition
Si - Silicon
52.9%
Fe - Iron
41.2%
O - Oxygen
5.9%
Surface Characteristics
Endless dune seas and wind-carved rock under a permanent dust haze - scorching days, freezing nights