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.