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: 0.10 AU, 1597K equilibrium
Habitability ScoreUninhabitable
0
Contributing Factors
water15
Abundant water - boiling away, little would be retained
geology40
Extreme volcanic activity may be hazardous
rotation10
Near tidally locked - one hemisphere perpetually scorched, other frozen, narrow habitable twilight zone only
Atmosphere present but composition not ideal for life (partially stripped by slow rotation)
temperature0
Inferno world - temperatures exceed all possibility of life (large moon stabilizes the axial tilt - steady seasons) (runaway tidal heating keeps the surface molten regardless of orbit)
magnetic Field100
Magnetic field provides radiation protection
Physical Properties
Mass
9534.00x Earth (5.69e+28 kg)
Radius
21.20x Earth (135,093 km)
Surface Gravity
21.20x Earth (208.0 m/s²)
Surface Temperature
1,597 K (1,324 °C / 2,415 °F)
Rotation Period
1.0 hours/day (faster than Earth)
Orbital Environment
Star Type
G-type (Yellow (Sun-like))
Distance from Star
0.10 AU (15 million km)
Orbital Period
12 days
Atmosphere
Volcanic outgassing - sulfur compounds and vaporized rock
Elemental Composition
H - Hydrogen
32.0%
C - Carbon
20.2%
O - Oxygen
14.7%
Surface Characteristics
Runaway tidal heating drives volcanism across a cold crust - lava lakes and sulfur plains between frozen plains