Mission Statement

The Via Capote Observatory is a small private facility located in Thousand Oaks, California.  The principal research conducted here is minor planet observation with a specific emphasis in determination of rotation period of these objects, particularly those whose lightcurve data has never been published.  

Target selection is primarily made from the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link  (CALL) / "Light Curve Targets" section.

http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/astlc/default.htm

 

The facility also supports collaborative studies of minor planets that are suspected of being binary systems (asteroids with orbiting moons).   Learn more about this activity at:

http://www.asu.cas.cz/~asteroid/binastphotsurvey.htm


Data Sets

36 Atalante

244 Sita

411 Xanthe

416 Vaticana

451 Patientia

455 Bruchsalia

531 Zerlina

742 Edisona

764 Gedania

813 Baumeia

872 Holda

923 Herluga

890 Waltraut

1023 Thomana

1136 Mercedes

1175 Margo

1194 Aletta

1254 Erfordia

1284 Latvia

1345 Potomac

1352 Wawel

1379 Lomosonowa

1398 Donnera

1464 Armisticia

1465 Autonoma

1479 Inkeri

1481 Tubingia

1564 Srbija

1633 Chimay

1656 Suomi

1699 Honkasalo

1717 Arlon

 

1730 Marceline

1773 Rumpelstilz

1793 Zoya

1810 Epimetheus

1811Bruwer

1845 Helewalda

1855 Korolev

1982 Cline

1994 Shane

2005 Hencke

2091 Sampo

2235 Vittore

2284 San Juan

2297 Daghestan

2345 Fucik

2636 Lassell

2648 Owa

2678 Aavasaksa

2679 Kittisvaara

2881 Meiden

2888 Hodgson

2911 Miahelena

2973 Paola

2912 Lapalma

3028 Zhangguoxi

3104 Durer

3401 Vanphilos

3497 Innanen

3509 Sanshui

3748 Tatum

3928 Randa

4003 Schumann

 

 

4063 Euforbo

4215 Kamo

4375 Kiyomori

4399 Ashizuri

4483 Petofi

4569 Baerbel

4585 Ainonai

4606 Saheki

4853 Marielukac

5070 Arai

5484 Inoda

5630 Billschaefer

5654 Terni

5691 Fredwatson

6097Koishikawa

6274 Taizaburo

6867 Kuwano

7267 1943 DF

7304 Namiki

7638 Glabman

8132 Vitginzburg

8338 Ralhan

8359 1989 WD

9923 1997 CC1

11100 Lai

15967 Clairearmstrong

17152 1999 JA118

22295 1989 SZ9

21607 Robel

85275 1994 Ly

26380 1999 J65

189099 2001 RO

 


Current Weather Conditions

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Current Radar Imagery

Current IR Satellite Imagery

 



Interesting Diversions

LCROSS      M74    M2


Equipment Configuration

 


 
 
Last update 12/05/2010
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