# Planet texture attribution

Planet maps by **Solar System Scope / INOVE**, distributed under
[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Source and license statement: https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/

Downloaded 21 September 2026. Original 2k JPEG files are hosted locally without
image modifications. Venus uses the atmosphere map; Earth uses the day map.
Rendering maps onto spheres, lighting and display scaling are application effects.

| Local file | Original file in https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/download/ |
| --- | --- |
| sun.jpg | 2k_sun.jpg |
| mercury.jpg | 2k_mercury.jpg |
| venus.jpg | 2k_venus_atmosphere.jpg |
| earth.jpg | 2k_earth_daymap.jpg |
| moon.jpg | 2k_moon.jpg |
| mars.jpg | 2k_mars.jpg |
| jupiter.jpg | 2k_jupiter.jpg |
| saturn.jpg | 2k_saturn.jpg |
| uranus.jpg | 2k_uranus.jpg |
| neptune.jpg | 2k_neptune.jpg |

The publisher describes these as maps based on NASA imagery and elevation data,
with adjusted colors and some fictional terrain filling unmapped areas. They are
visual surfaces, not a source for astronomical calculations.

The `preview/` files are 512 × 256 lossless WebP encodings of resized copies for the small landing-page armillary. Full-resolution sources remain available to the chart workspace. The same source attribution and license apply.