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
2016-04-15 06:25:56 C 06 15 31.91 -06 47 18.2 L T05
2016-04-15 06:51:47 C 06 15 44.44 -06 48 11.9 L T05
2016-04-15 07:17:40 C 06 15 56.92 -06 49 05.2 L T05
2016-04-15 19:32:37 C 06 21 56.01 -07 15 00.4 q 160
2016-04-15 19:34:33 C 06 21 56.88 -07 15 04.5 q 160
2016-04-15 19:36:28 C 06 21 57.85 -07 15 07.7 q 160
2016-04-17 01:17:46 C 06 36 22.80 -08 15 38.2 q H21
2016-04-17 01:21:35 C 06 36 24.61 -08 15 46.9 q H21
2016-04-17 01:25:25 C 06 36 26.45 -08 15 53.9 q H21
2016-04-17 01:29:15 C 06 36 28.28 -08 16 01.3 q H21
2016-04-17 01:33:04 C 06 36 30.10 -08 16 09.5 q H21
2016-04-17 01:36:54 C 06 36 31.93 -08 16 16.7 q H21
2016-04-17 01:40:43 C 06 36 33.75 -08 16 24.2 q H21
2016-04-18 01:20:59 C 06 47 56.36 -09 02 38.0 q H21
2016-04-18 01:25:02 C 06 47 58.26 -09 02 45.7 q H21
2016-04-18 01:29:04 C 06 48 00.18 -09 02 53.3 q H21
2016-04-18 01:33:07 C 06 48 02.07 -09 03 01.0 q H21
2016-04-18 01:37:09 C 06 48 03.98 -09 03 08.6 q H21
2016-04-18 01:41:10 C 06 48 05.88 -09 03 16.2 q H21
2016-04-18 01:45:09 C 06 48 07.75 -09 03 23.9 q H21
2016-04-22 02:11:23 C 07 32 35.16 -11 48 38.0 t 705
2016-04-22 02:12:50 C 07 32 35.78 -11 48 40.1 t 705
2016-04-29 01:36:26 C 08 38 54.03 -15 01 05.1 u H21
2016-04-29 01:39:59 C 08 38 55.27 -15 01 08.0 u H21
2016-04-29 01:42:30 C 08 38 56.12 -15 01 10.0 u H21
2016-04-29 01:45:01 C 08 38 56.98 -15 01 12.2 u H21
2016-04-29 01:47:32 C 08 38 57.85 -15 01 13.8 u H21
2016-04-29 01:50:03 C 08 38 58.71 -15 01 16.1 u H21
2016-04-29 01:52:34 C 08 38 59.59 -15 01 18.1 u H21
2016-04-29 01:55:06 C 08 39 00.46 -15 01 19.9 u H21
2016-04-29 01:58:52 C 08 39 01.74 -15 01 23.0 u H21
2016-05-04 01:18:42 S 09 16 59.726 -16 18 31.18 L C51
2016-05-04 04:27:23 S 09 17 53.976 -16 20 04.34 L C51
2016-05-04 07:36:04 S 09 18 48.000 -16 21 36.36 L C51
2016-05-04 10:44:56 S 09 19 41.79 -16 23 07.9 L C51
2016-05-04 13:53:37 S 09 20 35.27 -16 24 37.0 L C51
2016-05-04 15:27:52 S 09 21 01.86 -16 25 21.8 L C51
2016-05-04 17:02:18 S 09 21 28.47 -16 26 05.4 L C51
2016-05-04 18:36:44 S 09 21 54.99 -16 26 49.5 L C51
2016-05-04 20:10:59 S 09 22 21.360 -16 27 32.47 L C51
2016-05-04 21:45:25 S 09 22 47.765 -16 28 16.07 L C51
2016-05-05 02:28:32 S 09 24 06.466 -16 30 23.98 L C51
2016-05-05 04:02:47 S 09 24 32.537 -16 31 05.59 L C51
2016-05-05 07:11:40 S 09 25 24.612 -16 32 29.11 L C51
2016-05-05 10:20:21 S 09 26 16.330 -16 33 51.12 L C51
2016-05-05 13:29:01 S 09 27 07.805 -16 35 12.37 L C51
2016-05-05 16:37:42 S 09 27 59.033 -16 36 31.68 L C51
2016-05-06 01:37:46 C 09 30 24.03 -16 40 36.4 r H21
2016-05-06 01:43:59 C 09 30 25.65 -16 40 38.8 r H21
2016-05-06 01:50:12 C 09 30 27.27 -16 40 41.2 r H21
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)