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
1989-08-20 15:19:05 A 00 03 37.99 +13 22 43.0 413
1989-08-21 18:24:14 A 00 12 30.32 +20 59 15.3 413
1989-08-21 18:28:15 A 00 12 31.80 +21 00 33.7 413
1989-08-22 14:12:59 A 00 22 47.06 +28 31 57.8 376
1989-08-22 14:15:00 A 00 22 48.09 +28 32 46.9 376
1989-08-22 17:02:24 A 00 24 21.35 +29 52 03.7 413
1989-08-22 17:09:35 A 00 24 25.61 +29 55 20.4 413
1989-08-22 18:57:35 A 00 25 30.63 +30 44 47.8 413
1989-08-22 19:26:23 A 00 25 48.74 +30 58 07.2 413
1989-08-22 22:02:00 A 00 28 02.64 +32 07 01.9 11.5 592
1989-08-22 22:07:00 A 00 28 05.95 +32 09 21.8 11.5 592
1989-08-22 22:11:00 A 00 28 09.20 +32 11 26.2 11.5 592
1989-08-23 08:26:00 A 00 36 54.64 +37 32 06.4 568
1989-08-23 14:52:04 A 00 43 31.35 +41 12 43.9 13.0 897
1989-08-23 15:00:59 A 00 43 40.91 +41 18 02.5 897
1989-08-23 15:04:50 A 00 43 45.20 +41 20 28.0 897
1989-08-23 15:09:59 A 00 43 50.66 +41 23 25.4 897
1989-08-23 15:13:45 A 00 43 54.81 +41 25 42.8 897
1989-08-23 21:28:48 A 00 52 01.42 +45 13 02.6 504
1989-08-23 21:30:15 A 00 52 03.51 +45 13 56.5 504
1989-08-23 21:33:25 A 00 52 07.89 +45 15 58.0 504
1989-08-23 23:10:00 A 00 54 24.52 +46 18 12.5 091
1989-08-24 06:10:08 A 01 06 14.79 +50 51 42.0 657
1989-08-24 06:19:07 A 01 06 31.60 +50 57 46.2 657
1989-08-24 06:28:08 A 01 06 48.60 +51 03 53.8 657
1989-08-24 13:11:49 A 01 21 33.54 +55 37 42.6 13.0 392
1989-08-24 13:17:13 A 01 21 46.30 +55 41 19.7 392
1989-08-25 05:45:05 A 02 22 00.43 +66 33 46.9 657
1989-08-25 05:55:06 A 02 22 52.97 +66 40 00.6 657
1989-08-25 23:41:00 A 04 46 12.20 +74 28 57.0 010
1989-08-26 00:35:59 A 04 56 07.68 +74 39 44.1 010
1990-05-03 19:04:05 A 20 32 06.42 -31 16 52.7 413
1990-05-04 18:39:12 A 20 33 13.20 -31 18 12.2 20.0 413
1990-06-16 11:01:25 A 20 37 20.67 -35 23 17.1 675
1990-06-16 11:09:22 A 20 37 20.22 -35 23 20.3 675
1990-06-16 11:19:45 A 20 37 19.57 -35 23 24.8 675
1990-06-17 10:43:59 A 20 35 53.31 -35 33 43.4 675
1990-06-17 10:53:19 A 20 35 52.66 -35 33 47.5 675
1990-06-17 11:01:28 A 20 35 52.10 -35 33 51.4 675
1994-06-17 09:35:32 C 10 50 35.85 -05 35 46.5 413
1994-06-18 10:07:07 C 10 54 21.69 -05 56 37.8 413
1994-06-18 10:09:59 C 10 54 22.13 -05 56 40.9 413
1995-07-20 09:11:35 C 11 28 29.60 -04 39 02.1 413
1995-07-20 09:16:31 C 11 28 30.23 -04 39 06.4 413
2000-07-25 12:02:23 C 01 19 57.37 +05 33 02.4 c 670
2000-07-28 07:55:12 C 01 35 36.95 +08 03 23.0 860
2000-07-28 07:57:32 C 01 35 37.40 +08 03 29.5 860
2000-07-28 07:59:52 C 01 35 37.79 +08 03 34.9 860
2000-07-29 10:05:11 C 01 42 11.96 +09 05 12.1 i 739
2000-07-29 10:07:39 C 01 42 12.60 +09 05 18.5 i 739
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)