Show Mars and Mercury planets

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I am experimenting with planets in cesium in Sandcastle.

I found a great source of planetary maps, but I can’t understand how to display multiple ellipsoids with texture:

To use a map:
Select “get capabilities” in above site for your map;
You will get a link like this (for Mars, cylindrical map):
’ https://planetarymaps.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/maps/mars/mars_simp_cyl.map&service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities’

Remove the final “&request=GetCapabilities” and use it as “url” parameter in imageryLayers.addImageryProvider():

url : 'https://planetarymaps.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/maps/mars/mars_simp_cyl.map&service=WMS'

in the “getCapabilities” window, look for “” to find the names of available layers; in this example:
Mars_Simple_Cylindrical_Rasters
MOLA_THEMIS_blend
THEMIS
THEMIS_controlled
THEMIS_night
MDIM21
MDIM20
MDIM21_color
…

layers : 'THEMIS',

You will get something like:

var imageryLayers = viewer.imageryLayers;
imageryLayers.addImageryProvider(new Cesium.WebMapServiceImageryProvider({
    url : 'https://planetarymaps.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/maps/mars/mars_simp_cyl.map&service=WMS',
    layers : 'THEMIS',
    parameters : {
        transparent : true,
        format : 'image/png'
    },
    tilingScheme: new Cesium.GeographicTilingScheme({ ellipsoid: ellipsoidMars }),
    tileWidth: 512,
    tileHeight: 512
}));
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