Rendering Solar System objects

I have created the following images and animations using planetary maps (from different sources), and employing renderman, the standard defined by PIXAR (Pixar Animation Studios).

sun

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mercury

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venus

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earth1

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earth2

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earth3

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earth4

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moon

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mars

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jupiter

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io

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europa

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ganymede

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callisto

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saturn

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uranus

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neptune

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neptune2

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pluto

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pluto2

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yale

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hipparcos

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tycho

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