4769 Castalia (1989 PB)

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.4831981091 ± 2.00e+00
Semi-major axis (a)1.0630936583 AU ± 3.00e+00
Inclination (i)8.88518894° ± 4.00e+00
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)325.50236492° ± 5.00e+00
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)121.45274993° ± 6.00e+00
Mean Anomaly (M)323.77077031° ± 1.44e-04
Mean Motion (n)0.8991972810°/day ± 3.81e+00
Perihelion dist (q)0.54940881 AU ± 2.63e+00
Aphelion dist (Q)1.57677850 AU ± 4.93e+00
Orbital Period1.09611795 yr ± 4.64e+00
NGA Modelr2
A2-3.22072326e-06 AU/d²
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)17.40
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-04-26
RMS Residual0.435″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.020034 AU
Observations Used614
Radar Obs Used13
Gaia Obs Used139
Oppositions2
Arc Total1989-2026
First Observation Used1989-08-01
Last Observation Used2026-03-31
Observations (654)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2023-08-18 21:00:49 C 03 08 58.60 +26 35 09.0 q 168
2023-08-18 21:57:13 C 03 09 42.51 +26 41 17.1 q 168
2023-08-18 22:34:57 C 03 10 11.90 +26 45 23.1 q 168
2023-08-19 02:15:26 B 03 13 07.29 +27 09 10.3 V L65
2023-08-19 02:17:38 B 03 13 09.03 +27 09 24.7 V L65
2023-08-19 02:19:43 B 03 13 10.65 +27 09 38.2 V L65
2023-08-19 13:45:57 C 03 22 34.296 +28 23 46.14 V T05
2023-08-19 13:50:32 C 03 22 38.062 +28 24 15.80 V T05
2023-08-19 13:58:32 C 03 22 44.616 +28 25 07.46 V T05
2023-08-19 14:14:50 C 03 22 57.960 +28 26 52.69 V T05
2023-08-19 20:17:32 C 03 28 07.18 +29 04 19.1 q 168
2023-08-19 21:01:38 C 03 28 45.00 +29 09 01.8 q 168
2023-08-19 21:40:35 C 03 29 18.41 +29 13 11.1 q 168
2023-08-19 22:35:35 C 03 30 05.59 +29 19 02.7 q 168
2023-08-20 03:52:45 C 03 34 42.79 +29 52 37.7 X C95
2023-08-20 03:58:02 C 03 34 47.40 +29 53 10.6 X C95
2023-08-20 04:03:13 C 03 34 51.90 +29 53 43.2 X C95
2023-08-21 02:41:34 B 03 55 44.12 +32 11 00.2 V L65
2023-08-21 02:43:38 B 03 55 46.04 +32 11 12.2 V L65
2023-08-21 02:45:35 B 03 55 47.88 +32 11 23.8 V L65
2023-08-21 13:37:02 C 04 06 22.598 +33 14 22.42 V T05
2023-08-21 13:41:36 C 04 06 27.038 +33 14 48.55 V T05
2023-08-21 13:56:13 C 04 06 41.165 +33 16 12.14 V T05
2023-08-21 14:02:44 C 04 06 47.498 +33 16 49.37 V T05
2023-08-21 20:45:48 C 04 13 29.12 +33 52 47.0 q 168
2023-08-21 21:17:59 C 04 14 01.40 +33 55 43.8 q 168
2023-08-21 21:51:49 C 04 14 35.41 +33 58 49.9 q 168
2023-08-23 00:42:49 C 04 42 29.88 +36 11 46.3 V C23
2023-08-23 00:48:01 C 04 42 35.41 +36 12 10.2 V C23
2023-08-23 00:53:13 C 04 42 40.87 +36 12 34.5 V C23
2023-08-26 02:45:35 C 06 02 43.85 +39 51 23.4 V C23
2023-08-26 02:48:48 C 06 02 47.39 +39 51 27.8 V C23
2023-08-26 02:52:03 C 06 02 50.71 +39 51 32.4 V C23
2023-08-28 02:44:57 C 06 51 00.38 +40 16 56.4 V C23
2023-08-28 02:46:01 C 06 51 01.24 +40 16 55.9 V C23
2024-06-02 13:49:58 C 21 03 35.473 -31 22 14.31 X F51
2024-06-02 14:01:14 C 21 03 35.472 -31 22 17.23 X F51
2024-06-02 14:12:30 C 21 03 35.465 -31 22 19.58 X F51
2024-06-17 06:42:09 C 20 57 15.300 -33 14 13.16 V W68
2024-06-17 06:45:25 C 20 57 15.170 -33 14 14.39 V W68
2024-06-17 06:49:21 C 20 57 14.954 -33 14 16.33 V W68
2024-06-17 07:09:08 C 20 57 14.081 -33 14 24.11 V W68
2024-06-20 05:58:32 C 20 53 47.782 -33 43 23.74 V W68
2024-06-20 06:02:00 C 20 53 47.609 -33 43 25.18 V W68
2024-06-20 06:06:37 C 20 53 47.335 -33 43 26.51 V W68
2024-06-20 06:13:57 C 20 53 46.843 -33 43 30.14 V W68
2024-06-26 23:51:53 C 20 42 31.913 -34 55 05.74 V M22
2024-06-26 23:54:38 C 20 42 31.697 -34 55 06.74 V M22
2024-06-26 23:58:53 C 20 42 31.279 -34 55 09.26 V M22
2024-06-27 00:49:35 C 20 42 26.702 -34 55 32.66 V M22
Radar Observations (27)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
1989-08-19 06:23:00 223401 2 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1989-08-19 07:04:00 59512323 10 us 2380 -1 -1
1989-08-19 07:14:00 59456416 10 us 2380 -1 -1
1989-08-19 07:23:00 59406173 10 us 2380 -1 -1
1989-08-19.265972 22340100 200 Hz 2380 251 251
1989-08-19.294444 5951232300 10000 us 2380 251 251
1989-08-19.301389 5945641600 10000 us 2380 251 251
1989-08-19.307639 5940617300 10000 us 2380 251 251
1989-08-20 05:42:00 215029 2 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1989-08-20 07:16:00 211450 1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1989-08-20.237500 21502900 200 Hz 2380 251 251
1989-08-20.302778 21145000 100 Hz 2380 251 251
1989-08-21 06:14:00 44374924 3 us 2380 -1 -1
1989-08-21 06:18:00 44354892 3 us 2380 -1 -1
1989-08-21 06:59:00 196833 2 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1989-08-21 07:24:00 195785 1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1989-08-21.259722 4437492400 3000 us 2380 251 251
1989-08-21.262500 4435489200 3000 us 2380 251 251
1989-08-21.290972 19683300 200 Hz 2380 251 251
1989-08-21.308333 19578500 100 Hz 2380 251 251
1989-08-22 06:45:00 37453066.9 0.3 us 2380 -1 -1
1989-08-22 07:06:00 37361686 2 us 2380 -1 -1
1989-08-22.281250 3745306690 300 us 2380 251 251
1989-08-22.295833 3736168600 2000 us 2380 251 251
1989-08-30 19:35:00 -785297 8 Hz 8495 -14 -14
1989-08-30.815972 -78529700 800 Hz 8495 253 253
2012-09-14 19:40:00 160720139.48 2 us 2380 -1 -1
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)