** ## VIRTUAL PLANETS ATLAS HISTORY ## ** \\ \\ ==== 2013 ==== * **July 2013** * Beginning of the development of the Virtal Planets Atlas \\ \\ ==== 2014 ==== * **November 2014** * Presentation of VPA Beta version during the "Rencontres du Ciel et de l'Espace" organized in the "Cité des Sciences de la Villette" by the "Association Française d'Astronomie" and the "Ciel & Espace" magazine. \\ ==== 2015 ==== * **September 2015** * First version of VPA put online * **September 2015** * Presentation of VPA Beta version during the "European Planetary Science Conference" with authorizations given by several professional astronomers to use their datas for the atlas. \\ ==== 2016 ==== * **january 2016** * VPA reaches more than 3 000 downloads * **May 2016** * Release of an article about VPA in the magazine "Astronomie Magazine" * **November 2016** * VPA reaches more than 6 000 downloads * **November 2016** * Presentation of VPA 2 Beta version during the "Rencontres du Ciel et de l'Espace" organized in the "Cité des Sciences de la Villette" by the "Association Française d'Astronomie" and the "Ciel & Espace" magazine. \\ ==== 2017 ==== * **January 2017** * Second version of VPA put online \\