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
2024-08-26 12:01:39 B 17 21 44.63 -28 24 18.7 q Q73
2024-08-27 00:36:41 C 17 21 03.732 -28 14 19.00 V W68
2024-08-27 00:40:50 C 17 21 03.478 -28 14 15.94 V W68
2024-08-27 00:51:18 C 17 21 02.873 -28 14 07.01 V W68
2024-08-30 18:17:28 C 17 16 49.109 -27 04 14.48 V M22
2024-08-30 18:21:46 C 17 16 48.881 -27 04 11.06 V M22
2024-08-30 18:30:12 C 17 16 48.509 -27 04 04.55 V M22
2024-08-30 18:46:00 C 17 16 47.794 -27 03 52.31 V M22
2024-09-01 01:13:28 C 17 15 36.727 -26 40 40.76 V W68
2024-09-01 01:28:07 C 17 15 36.132 -26 40 29.50 V W68
2024-09-01 01:38:39 C 17 15 35.698 -26 40 21.40 V W68
2024-09-06 17:41:35 C 17 11 42.276 -25 00 31.28 V M22
2024-09-06 17:46:17 C 17 11 42.091 -25 00 28.40 V M22
2024-09-06 17:54:45 C 17 11 41.882 -25 00 22.14 V M22
2024-09-06 18:08:08 C 17 11 41.546 -25 00 12.02 V M22
2024-09-06 18:10:45 C 17 11 41.498 -25 00 09.97 V M22
2024-09-06 18:12:42 C 17 11 41.477 -25 00 08.50 V M22
2024-09-06 18:21:13 C 17 11 41.263 -25 00 02.48 V M22
2024-09-06 18:45:44 C 17 11 40.567 -24 59 43.33 V M22
2024-09-16 00:20:46 C 17 08 59.642 -22 28 13.48 V W68
2024-09-16 00:25:23 C 17 08 59.621 -22 28 11.53 V W68
2024-09-16 00:33:20 C 17 08 59.484 -22 28 05.84 V W68
2024-09-16 00:47:59 C 17 08 59.347 -22 27 55.91 V W68
2024-09-20 00:40:21 C 17 08 42.216 -21 25 07.21 V W68
2024-09-20 00:45:35 C 17 08 42.185 -21 25 03.79 V W68
2024-09-20 00:54:53 C 17 08 42.134 -21 24 57.96 V W68
2024-09-20 01:25:54 C 17 08 41.988 -21 24 37.08 V W68
2024-10-03 17:45:08 C 17 08 17.654 -17 50 07.15 V M22
2024-10-03 17:49:45 C 17 08 17.611 -17 50 03.59 V M22
2024-10-03 17:57:38 C 17 08 17.604 -17 49 59.05 V M22
2024-10-03 18:13:02 C 17 08 17.383 -17 49 48.32 V M22
2025-05-05 01:12:25 C 19 37 19.886 -37 53 23.53 V M22
2025-05-05 01:16:59 C 19 37 19.850 -37 53 25.44 V M22
2025-05-05 01:21:32 C 19 37 19.870 -37 53 26.88 V M22
2025-05-05 01:48:52 C 19 37 19.817 -37 53 37.68 V M22
2025-05-07 01:30:00 C 19 37 14.729 -38 10 52.39 V M22
2025-05-07 01:32:39 C 19 37 14.803 -38 10 52.03 V M22
2025-05-07 01:43:41 C 19 37 14.652 -38 10 58.30 V M22
2025-05-07 01:51:29 C 19 37 14.666 -38 11 00.31 V M22
2025-05-22 23:55:07 C 19 25 11.592 -40 51 12.74 V M22
2025-05-22 23:57:44 C 19 25 11.448 -40 51 13.61 V M22
2025-05-23 00:02:17 C 19 25 11.179 -40 51 15.55 V M22
2025-05-23 00:28:26 C 19 25 09.430 -40 51 27.50 V M22
2025-05-23 23:56:24 C 19 23 38.978 -41 02 00.78 V M22
2025-05-23 23:59:42 C 19 23 38.702 -41 02 02.29 V M22
2025-05-24 00:03:40 C 19 23 38.450 -41 02 04.78 V M22
2025-05-24 00:12:49 C 19 23 37.759 -41 02 08.66 V M22
2025-05-26 23:33:31 C 19 18 25.128 -41 33 59.83 V M22
2025-05-26 23:36:48 C 19 18 24.859 -41 34 01.88 V M22
2025-05-26 23:40:54 C 19 18 24.511 -41 34 04.04 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)