I know the texture is bad, and I'm aware that its just a planet with a black bg, my main focus was on creating a planet and I got that done >_>
yup texture IS bad try finding some good texture on google maps or DA...star field is needed but as u say u just wanted to create the planet, so its pretty good for ur first ^_^
Like I said, multiple textures on a 5000x5000 planet instead of one texture mapped all over. Go go go.