Darwin IV

[SevenSpheres]

This addon adds Darwin IV, the fictional planet from Wayne Barlowe's book Expedition and the TV docufiction Alien Planet. I've tried to keep it as accurate to the book as possible, but some data had to be extrapolated or guessed, and I've placed the system at 10 times its stated distance of 6.5 light-years so it doesn't mess up Earth's night sky. Not having the book myself, I've used various online sources, primarily this blog post.

Note that this addon may cause naming conflicts if you have another addon with an object named Darwin, such as the Orion's Arm planet.

Addon created by Grey ideas (Extrasolarplanets on the forum), trappistplanets, and SevenSpheres.

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Darwin IV.zip

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There's been talk about making an addon for this world since 2008, as seen in this forum thread, but previous attempts were never released. I've used the textures posted in that thread to make this addon.

[SevenSpheres]

So after I released the addon, trappistplanets sent me slightly improved surface and height maps. Addon has been reuploaded.