Class B geomorteus planet

For other uses, see class B.

Class B Geomorteus Planet
Classification:	geomorteus
Age:	up to 10 billion years
Diameter:	1,000–10,000 km
Location:	hot zone
Surface:	partially molten, high-temperature
Atmosphere:	chemically inactive, tenuous
Lifeforms:	none known

In planetary classification, a class B geomorteus planet is a type of planet. This type of planet is usually very close to, and heated by, a parent star, featuring very little native geothermal energy. The atmosphere of these worlds is usually tenuous, and features little or no chemically active particles. No lifeforms have ever been discovered on these planets. Mercury is an example of a class B geomorteus planet. (ST reference: Star Charts)

This classification should not be confused with the class B gas giant planet described in ST references: Star Trek Maps, The Worlds of the Federation.

Planets of this type

• Cardassia I
• Deneb Kaitos I
• Mercury (Sol I)

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Planetary classification
numeric:	class 9 ("Q'tahL"-class)	alphabetical:	class A class A geothermal class A gas giant
class B class B geomorteus class B gas giant	class C class C geoinactive class C reducing	class D	class E
class F class F geometallic class F geocrystalline	class G class G geocrystalline class G desert	class H class H desert class H geothermal	class I class I gas supergiant ("Q'tahL"-class) class I metallic/silicate
class J class J gas giant class J moon	class K class K silicate/adaptable class K transjovian	class L	class M ("Minshara"-class) class MZ
class N class N reducing class N pelagic	class O	class P	class Q
class R	class S	class T	class Y ("Demon"-class)

References

• ST reference: Star Trek Maps