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
2024-06-29 05:43:15 C 20 37 38.057 -35 19 44.08 V W68
2024-06-29 05:47:09 C 20 37 37.663 -35 19 45.95 V W68
2024-06-29 05:51:44 C 20 37 37.198 -35 19 47.82 V W68
2024-06-29 05:58:59 C 20 37 36.468 -35 19 51.74 V W68
2024-07-01 02:02:23 C 20 33 07.735 -35 39 50.33 V M22
2024-07-01 02:06:38 C 20 33 07.265 -35 39 52.13 V M22
2024-07-01 02:16:31 C 20 33 06.158 -35 39 56.45 V M22
2024-07-01 02:30:43 C 20 33 04.615 -35 40 02.53 V M22
2024-07-02 05:36:16 C 20 30 07.985 -35 52 10.99 V W68
2024-07-02 05:40:51 C 20 30 07.466 -35 52 13.12 V W68
2024-07-02 05:48:50 C 20 30 06.538 -35 52 16.79 V W68
2024-07-02 06:00:44 C 20 30 05.117 -35 52 22.15 V W68
2024-07-03 04:57:04 C 20 27 27.542 -36 02 26.95 V W68
2024-07-03 04:59:40 C 20 27 27.211 -36 02 28.18 V W68
2024-07-03 05:04:18 C 20 27 26.645 -36 02 30.30 V W68
2024-07-03 05:12:13 C 20 27 25.690 -36 02 33.65 V W68
2024-07-06 05:02:32 C 20 18 26.414 -36 32 39.08 V W68
2024-07-06 05:52:59 C 20 18 19.414 -36 32 59.21 V W68
2024-07-06 05:58:14 C 20 18 18.703 -36 33 01.19 V W68
2024-07-06 06:07:48 C 20 18 17.359 -36 33 05.04 V W68
2024-07-06 22:38:31 C 20 16 04.178 -36 39 32.69 V M22
2024-07-06 22:41:13 C 20 16 03.794 -36 39 33.91 V M22
2024-07-06 22:42:31 C 20 16 03.636 -36 39 34.13 V M22
2024-07-06 23:04:09 C 20 16 00.533 -36 39 43.31 V M22
2024-07-14 03:48:41 C 19 49 27.132 -37 31 52.03 V W68
2024-07-14 03:51:17 C 19 49 26.695 -37 31 52.68 V W68
2024-07-14 03:55:17 C 19 49 25.990 -37 31 53.36 V W68
2024-07-14 03:56:35 C 19 49 25.752 -37 31 53.69 V W68
2024-07-14 04:01:12 C 19 49 24.948 -37 31 54.59 V W68
2024-07-14 04:05:11 C 19 49 24.254 -37 31 55.38 V W68
2024-07-14 04:09:58 C 19 49 23.407 -37 31 56.35 V W68
2024-07-14 04:13:12 C 19 49 22.836 -37 31 57.00 V W68
2024-07-18 02:38:28 C 19 32 48.182 -37 43 34.54 V W68
2024-07-18 02:42:23 C 19 32 47.429 -37 43 34.75 V W68
2024-07-18 02:46:19 C 19 32 46.704 -37 43 34.86 V W68
2024-07-18 02:53:45 C 19 32 45.317 -37 43 35.36 V W68
2024-07-26 03:22:04 C 18 56 55.742 -37 18 09.18 V W68
2024-07-26 03:26:39 C 18 56 54.852 -37 18 07.96 V W68
2024-07-26 03:36:38 C 18 56 52.922 -37 18 04.90 V W68
2024-07-26 03:50:45 C 18 56 50.196 -37 18 00.32 V W68
2024-07-30 03:38:26 C 18 39 18.797 -36 39 37.66 V W68
2024-07-30 03:43:07 C 18 39 17.942 -36 39 35.32 V W68
2024-07-30 03:51:53 C 18 39 16.313 -36 39 30.85 V W68
2024-07-30 04:06:06 C 18 39 13.690 -36 39 23.87 V W68
2024-07-31 21:33:29 C 18 31 56.578 -36 17 56.22 V M22
2024-07-31 21:38:03 C 18 31 55.764 -36 17 53.66 V M22
2024-07-31 21:45:41 C 18 31 54.386 -36 17 49.31 V M22
2024-07-31 22:02:42 C 18 31 51.358 -36 17 39.52 V M22
2024-08-26 11:40:52 B 17 21 45.88 -28 24 35.0 q Q73
2024-08-26 11:51:12 B 17 21 45.24 -28 24 26.6 q Q73
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)