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Interstellar; Gargantua System.

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You've seen a recreation of gargantua itself, but how about its planets?

(At the endI couldn't add much more as steam wouldn't handle it, so i hope you enjoyed.)

-BlueMarble.

The first planet seen in the film is Miller. (First orbit around the black hole.)
Here's some background info. on Miller.
Miller is a waterworld and the first planet in the system orbiting Gargantua. Miller takes its name from Dr. Miller, who landed on the planet and activated the "thumbs up" beacon. It is also the first location the crew of the Endurance visit.

Miller is a waterworld, covered in a seemingly endless, shallow ocean. The planet's gravity is described to be "punishing" at 130% of Earth's, forcing human astronauts to move slowly and with some difficulty while on its surface. Time on the surface of Miller's planet passes very slowly relative to the time experienced by Romilly and that experienced on Earth. Romilly calculated that a single hour on Miller would equate to seven years back on Earth. Because of the planet's proximity to Gargantua, the immense gravity of the black hole causes the planet to be roiled by massive tidal waves as tall as 4,000 feet. There is no sign of dry land on Miller, which may not exist because of the sheer volume of water on the planet. Dr. Amelia Brand describes the planet as "sterile" in accordance with the data findings of Dr. Miller.

The next planet you'll see in orbit (from the thumbnail.) is called "Mann."

Here's some background info. On Mann: (NOTE: While Mann is presumed to not have any water, they never actually DO reach the surface of the planet, so It may have water and actual clouds.)

Mann is an ice planet that orbits the black hole Gargantua. The planet is named after the first astronaut to land there named Dr. Mann.The planet was first visited by Dr. Mann, ten years prior to the launch of Endurance. Upon arrival, Mann realizes his planet was uninhabitable. With his robot companion KIPP, they dropped probes at nearby locations with the hope of finding a rocky, habitable surface, below the frozen clouds they stood on. After years of probing and exploration, they found no surface.
In the 2008 version of the script, the crew of the Endurance arrive on the Ice Planet and descend to a habitable, subterranean biosphere, inhabited by an alien ecosystem called "fractal life." They soon discover a Chinese outpost that is largely abandoned, save for a few security androids. They discover that a nearby neutron star sends out pulses of intense radiation once every 24 hours, which presumably killed the Chinese astronauts that attempted to complete its construction. Upon much searching, they fall through a crevice where they find the Gravity Box.

Last but not least, the planet orbiting a star a light year from Gargantua, Edmunds.

(I could not add Edmunds' star because then you wouldn't be able to see any planets.)

Edmunds is a habitable planet in the black hole star-system that also contains Miller and Mann. While Miller and Mann orbit close to Gargantua, Edmunds lies farther away, likely orbiting Pantagruel, the system's neutron star - a factor that Dr. Amelia Brand presents as an argument for why Edmunds might be more favourable than Mann for humanity to inhabit.

The planet is named after Dr. Wolf Edmunds, who was the first astronaut to land there.

Twelve years before the crew of the Endurance ventured through the wormhole, NASA launched the Lazarus missions, sending twelve astronauts to explore twelve prospect planets thought to be suitable for human colonization. After landing on his planet, Dr. Wolf Edmunds sent a "thumbs up" signal, indicating that the planet was promising. However, Edmunds stopped transmitting three years before the crew of the Endurance arrived in the Pantagruel-Gargantua system. This troubling outcome becomes a deciding factor when the crew needed to choose to either land on Mann's planet or Edmunds' planet.
After a failed mission to rescue Dr. Laura Miller from her planet, Cooper discovered the Endurance did not have enough fuel to visit both Mann and Edmunds, due to 23 years of orbital station keeping. Forced to choose between the two planets, Brand lobbied to visit Edmunds for its more promising data, as well as her expert opinion, stating that the planet was more favorable for human habitation, due to its greater distance from the black hole versus Mann's planet, which she correctly predicted to be as sterile as Miller's planet. Brand admits her feelings for Wolf Edmunds, explaining that her love for him draws her to his planet. The planet is mostly desertlike with a breathable atmosphere and soil fertile for farming.
10 Comments
Wes May 28, 2024 @ 1:57pm 
nice mod
E&SP Aug 31, 2023 @ 12:01pm 
BlueMarble, you posted clickbait on the fourth comment
Just to warn you
E&SP Aug 31, 2023 @ 12:00pm 
loved it
aaron.j.goosey Aug 23, 2023 @ 10:20am 
Good job
aaron.j.goosey Aug 23, 2023 @ 10:20am 
Oh No A wall of words!
zerofourtwozero Apr 1, 2019 @ 8:13am 
I Subed
BlueMarble  [author] Mar 31, 2019 @ 8:04pm 
Everyone, Help Pewdiepie today and subscribe to this sim to get it on the front page!
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zerofourtwozero Mar 3, 2019 @ 10:22am 
I Think You Are Thinking A Good Job.
BlueMarble  [author] Mar 2, 2019 @ 2:04pm 
Ik, I was thinking about it but delayed it until now.
deathoperator36z Mar 2, 2019 @ 10:50am 
Dude thank god someone made it!