Traga 16 was a very small, but still spherical, dwarf planetoid. It had a surface of yellow desert sand, canyons, ravines and strange rock formations. Although there was sparse vegetation, such as some form of bushes, it wasn't very inviting to humans. Due the very small size of the planetoid it had a very thin atmosphere and very little gravity. Without an ozone or magnetic field to shield it from space, the planetoid also would have been heavily irradiated, like for example Ceres in Earth's Solar System.