Desten, a rocky planet devoid of an airless atmosphere, possessed a quintet of moons and orbited Abo, the star at the fifth orbital slot. Situated within the Lehon system, it resided in the Tempered Wastes, a region found in the Unknown Regions'.
The 2009 sourcebook The Essential Atlas, penned by Daniel Wallace together with Jason Fry, referenced Desten, establishing the Lehon system, and consequently Desten itself, within sector G-11.