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an inhospitable planet located less than a parsec from Tatooine, Geonosis was the homeworld of the Geonosian race. The surface of the planet was a desert, dominated by reddish sand and dust which was produced by regular meteor impacts. The high metallic content of the sands, coupled with the intense radiation storms that swept the planet's atmosphere, made communications near the planet difficult. Geonosis was ringed by several belts of asteroids and orbital debris, making the reddish planet appear quite lovely from space. These asteroids - formed when one of the planet's moons was struck by a two-kilometer-wide comet - continually fell to the planet's surface, causing massive groundshakes and depositing large amounts of ores in the sand. In the decades after the impact, Geonosis itself was pelted almost constantly, and it was estimated that ninety-nine percent of the planet's lifeforms - both plant and animal - were wiped out in a massive, planetary extinction. Only the hardiest and most tenacious species survived, most of them insectile, and these were further weeded out by smaller impacts. The survivors proved to be some of the most ruthless and predatory species in the galaxy, including the Geonosians themselves. Despite the high metal content of the planet's crust, the gravity on Geonosis was slightly less than standard. The planet was orbited by four major and eleven minor moons.