Mostly Made up Planets
It appears that this page has been getting some moderate attention somehow. That's great, but it's more than I'd expected (that is, none). Although it's really not a big deal I suppose I can go back to adding and/or updating planets. When I do, maybe I'll get more traffic...
Or maybe not. I really don't even know what people want to see. If you have any feedback or anything don't be afraid to email me or sign my guestbook.
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A few years ago I was looking for a Digital Elevation Map of Earth that represented the topographical range using shades of gray. Lo and behold, I couldn't find it. I found numerous maps that used hue to do so and in general they also used shading to indicate sharp contrasts in height, and I finally figured out a way to convert using filters. See, Paint Shop Pro has a "split image" feature, and when you split using Hue, Saturation, and Lightness factors, the hue image of one of these topographical maps eliminates lightness use of contrast and becomes a shades-of-gray DEM Map.
Here's one of the Earth. This was much easier than running it through a filter that takes out brightness variability and going through the hue spectrum and the brightness spectrum replacing one shade of gray for a shade of red or orange, etc. The picture in the link is 2000x1000 pixels wide, if you'd like a larger one (4095x2048) I can email it to you by request. If you'd like a 10797x5400 then you're a freak! Now enjoy planets that I've made up:
Earth
Third planet orbiting Sol
Equatorial diameter of 12,756 km
Length of Sidereal: 23 hours. 56 minutes
Length of Period: 365.24 days
Resides in the Solar System
Spérance
First planet orbiting Kapteyn’s Star
Equatorial diameter of 8,762 km
Length of Sidereal Day: 53.586 days
Length of Period: 53.586 days
3,917 milliparsecs from the Solar System
Жем
First planet orbiting Luyten’s Star
Equitorial diameter of 8,856 km
Length of Sidereal Day: 19 hours, 42.5 minutes
Length of Period:8.63 days
3,798 milliparsecs from the Solar System
Bain
Third planet orbiting HD 157881
Equatorial diameter of 10,465 km
Length of Sidereal Day: 14 hours, 5.4 minutes
Length of Period: 160.36 days
7,795 milliparsecs from the Solar System
Occasus
Second planet orbiting 55 Cancri
Equatorial diameter of 19,320 km
Length of Sidereal Day: 7 hours, 30 minutes
Length of Period: 846.48 days
12,530 milliparsecs from the Solar System
Distendia
Second planet orbiting 18 Scorpii
Equatorial diameter of 11,465 km
Length of Sidereal Day: 95 hours, 6 minutes
Length of Period: 268.73
14,026 milliparsecs from the Solar System
Dégon Larmes
Third planet orbiting 18 Scorpii
Equatorial diameter of 10,880 km
Length of Sidereal Day: 29 hours, 8.5 minutes
Length of Period: 517.03 days
14,026 milliparsecs from the Solar System
Eliniak
Second planet orbiting 47 Ursae Majoris
Equatorial diameter of 13,200 km
Length of Sidereal Day: 22 hours, 18 minutes
Length of Period: 496.93 days
14,075 milliparsecs from the Solar System
Palpatia
Fifth planet orbiting Eta Serpentis
Equatorial diameter of 120,560 km
18,935 milliparsecs from the Solar System
Fortunata
Fourth planet orbiting Tau Boötis A
Equatorial diameter of 7,448 km
Length of Sidereal Day: 19 hours, 12 minutes
Length of Period: 2029.6 days
15,596.66 milliparsecs from the Solar System
Relly
Fourth planet orbiting 45 Boötis
Equatorial diameter of 9,016 km
Length of Sidereal Day: ??
Length of Period: 558.56 days
19,725.15 milliparsecs from the Solar System
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My thanks to Jasc Software and Adobe for allowing me to use their wonderful drawing programs (Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop) to draw my maps. And thanks to Space.com for allowing me to put the maps on spheres with the great program Starry Nights Pro.
