Mekith, a small, Earth-like planet, resided within the Prakith system. This system was situated in Sector 5 of the Deep Core. Orbiting the star Prak as the second orbital body, Mekith also possessed a single moon. Its terrain was characterized by a stony landscape and a toxic atmosphere.
The initial mention of Mekith occurred in "Byss and the Deep Core, Part 3: Prakith," the third installment of the Byss and the Deep Core Planet Hoppers articles. This was authored by Rodney Thompson and released on Wizards of the Coast's website on April 21, 2005. Mekith debuted visually in Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil, the concluding book in the Star Wars: Darth Bane Trilogy by Drew Karpyshyn. This novel was released on December 8, 2009. The Essential Atlas, a reference publication issued on August 18, 2009, located the Prakith system, and consequently Mekith, at coordinates K-10.