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\"SpaceTime<\/p>\n

SpaceTime Coordinates\u2019 Latest Crowdfunding Campaign Reaches For The Stars With Mementos That Capture Precise Planetary Positions<\/h2>\n

Have you ever wondered what our solar system looked like the day you were born? Or graduated from high school or college? What about the day you got married or the birth of your first child?<\/p>\n

Time travel back to 2014, and these were the questions Govy, a Tokyo-based award-winning French artist, had on her mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got very interested in the depiction of time in space, specifically the idea of seeing an exact date within the solar system,\u201d says Govy, who happens to be on the autism spectrum. \u201cI spent weeks researching the solar system in order to make the most accurate model possible. When I get obsessed with a particular subject, I just need<\/em> to gather all the facts, data and images I possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Excellence is also very important to Govy. But there are tradeoffs when trying to reach accuracy and perfection. \u201cThey slow me down as I can waste a lot of time researching,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt\u2019s the gift and curse of autism, that need to know and be sure I have all the data possible on the subject. It\u2019s like a craving I have no other choice but fill.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turns out, she\u2019s not the only one craving to understand the space-time continuum. Enter Martin V\u00e9zina, the man behind the jsOrrery.<\/p>\n

This solar system model can be viewed from multiple viewpoints and manipulated to present the positional relationships among celestial bodies. The orrery shows the position of planets, spacecraft, comets, visible stars, etc. in 3D. It can be used to visualize interesting phenomenon such as apparent retrograde motions of the planets, librations of the moon or solar eclipses, as well as historical events such as the Apollo missions. (See it at Open.NASA<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

By teaming up with Martin and using the jsOrrery, Govy could rest assured that she was using the most accurate data, allowing her to optimize her creation process\u2014and build a business. Ultimately, the duo co-founded SpaceTime Coordinates<\/a> and their journey toward successful crowdfunding campaigns began.<\/p>\n