TRAPPIST-1's planets have a interesting story relating to there discovery
first observations were back in 2016 revealing 3 planets, b, c, and a potential planet d
The exact location of the outermost planet was not well-determined. Spitzer and ground based telescopes did follow-up observations revealed planets e, f, and g, and a entirely new d and h was added to the system, the original planet "d" turned out to be the mixed up signals of e, f and g. All of the known trappist planets are locked in the longest known chain of resonances ever discovered.
- tried to balance out the red-green-blue as celestia red dwarfs red-tint planets around or nearby them
TRAPPIST-1 b is a world with molten magma flowing on its surface, witch is obscured by a thick Venus-like atmosphere and clouds, the clouds hide strong night-side glow from the molten magma (thanks dangerous_safety for helping me make the night texture+fixing it up for me!). Original texture used in the texture for planets b and c came from here.
- close up of TRAPPIST-1 b's night with clouds turned off
TRAPPIST-1 c is a world like venus, but worse, not as worse as planet b though. there is no obvious night glow under the clouds, but if your lucky enough, you might find a single cluster of glowing volcano craters and magma.
TRAPPIST-1 d is a world just like Venus other than the banded clouds, not much interesting here
Planets e through h are aqua titans with liquid water, planet g and h are iced up on both sides with tholans on the surface giving them a tan color on there icy surfaces under the thick atmospheres and haze. ice coverage for planets e, f, and g (all iced up like h) are all referenced from here
(thanks dangerous_safety for helping me with a lot of the other stuff, like the looks of the first 3 planets, ice coverage, etc)
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TRAPPIST-1.zip- the clouds of the first 3 planets are banded due to fast rotational periods (tidal locking but with short periods)
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