Barycenter

[Anthony_B_Russo10]

This addon adds a fictional barycentric system of planets.

[SpaceFanatic64]

Scientifically impossible, but hey, to each their own.

[Anthony_B_Russo10]

The point was not to be scientifically real, this just a result of my playing with Celestia.

[SpaceFanatic64]

Well, like I said, to each their own. You customize your Celestia however you like.

[Anthony_B_Russo10]

Part of the reason I made this was just to have all of the exoplanet textures in one confined spot.

[SpaceFanatic64]

Cool, sounds like an interesting way to test textures in Celestia.

[Anthony_B_Russo10]

Yes it is.

[SpaceFanatic64]

In my version, I modified the barycenter to be in orbit around Alpha Centauri A, so as not to interfere with the regular solar system.

[Anthony_B_Russo10]

I had just put it around the sun do it would not be in a different galaxy.

Added after 11 hours 32 minutes:
You are welcome to make some contributions to this addon if you like.

[SpaceFanatic64]

Update for the addon: I removed Titan, Earth I, Ganymede, and Exo Habital because I felt they were really unnecessary.

[Anthony_B_Russo10]

Ganymede and Titan were in that system for the purpose of testing if they would produce eclipses on the planets. It didn't work.

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I am working on a little more scientifically accurate version of the system.

[SpaceFanatic64]

Also, what was the purpose of Earth I and Exo Habital?

[Anthony_B_Russo10]

To be habitable moons, I just never set their definitions to be “Sol/Barycenter”. And to make some good screen savers for my laptop.

I also have repurposed Titan and Ganymede to be better representations of moons orbiting the man barycenter.

Also, what kind of object would you like to see in system?

[SpaceFanatic64]

Oh. Also, I would like to see some asteroids around the barycenter. I also added a ring around the brown dwarf (which doesn't make sense, I know) because if all the others had rings, then maybe it should have rings too.

[Anthony_B_Russo10]

Which ring file, Saturn’s, Uranus’, or Neptune’s?

[SpaceFanatic64]

Well, actually, I took the ring texture from this addon: http://celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/show_addon_details.php?addon_id=1582

[Gurren Lagann]

I'm adding my gas giants into the addon!

[SpaceFanatic64]

Also, here's my code for the brown dwarf rings.

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   Rings {
      Inner   163482 
      Outer  203743
      Texture "JupiterRings.png"
   }

[Anthony_B_Russo10]

Thanks.

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The Brown Dwarf looks better with the rings.

[SpaceFanatic64]

I was a little reluctant at first to put the ring around the brown dwarf because I thought it wouldn't make sense.