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
2016-05-12 06:03:20 C 10 05 48.96 -17 24 50.5 L T05
2016-05-12 06:16:47 C 10 05 51.76 -17 24 53.5 L T05
2016-05-12 06:33:02 C 10 05 55.05 -17 24 57.5 L T05
2016-05-12 06:47:47 C 10 05 58.07 -17 25 01.2 L T05
2016-05-17 19:50:04 C 10 31 53.43 -17 47 09.4 o K95
2016-05-17 20:00:38 C 10 31 55.24 -17 47 11.6 o K95
2016-05-20 02:36:47 C 10 41 21.75 -17 54 12.8 t 705
2016-05-20 02:38:15 C 10 41 21.99 -17 54 12.8 t 705
2016-05-20 02:39:42 C 10 41 22.21 -17 54 12.9 t 705
2016-05-30 06:33:51 C 11 17 26.29 -18 16 21.3 L T05
2016-05-30 06:51:19 C 11 17 28.50 -18 16 22.2 L T05
2016-05-30 07:05:41 C 11 17 30.36 -18 16 24.4 L T05
2016-05-30 07:22:44 C 11 17 32.52 -18 16 25.8 L T05
2016-06-04 03:25:11 C 11 32 12.57 -18 25 59.8 R G45
2016-06-04 03:32:17 C 11 32 13.45 -18 26 00.4 R G45
2016-06-04 03:39:01 C 11 32 14.20 -18 26 00.1 R G45
2016-06-04 03:53:15 C 11 32 15.91 -18 26 01.0 R G45
2016-06-10 20:41:31 S 11 50 51.878 -18 40 33.20 L C51
2016-06-11 02:58:53 S 11 51 33.571 -18 41 12.05 L C51
2016-06-17 02:56:22 C 12 06 55.32 -18 56 55.8 t 705
2016-06-17 02:57:49 C 12 06 55.49 -18 56 56.1 t 705
2016-06-17 02:59:17 C 12 06 55.63 -18 56 56.1 t 705
2021-07-07 11:26:13 C 04 05 19.93 +24 35 08.0 U I41
2021-07-07 11:29:37 C 04 05 20.87 +24 35 10.7 U I41
2021-07-07 11:36:27 C 04 05 22.75 +24 35 17.2 U I41
2021-07-07 11:39:52 C 04 05 23.69 +24 35 20.3 U I41
2022-06-05 14:00:15 C 23 52 21.588 -04 47 28.38 U F52
2022-06-05 14:06:37 C 23 52 22.381 -04 47 21.90 U F52
2022-06-05 14:12:59 C 23 52 23.178 -04 47 15.46 U F52
2022-06-05 14:19:22 C 23 52 23.971 -04 47 09.02 U F52
2022-07-10 10:42:01 C 02 10 21.695 +13 51 50.62 V 703
2022-07-10 10:47:02 C 02 10 22.771 +13 51 59.58 V 703
2022-07-10 10:52:03 C 02 10 23.930 +13 52 08.04 V 703
2023-05-25 10:53:16 C 22 13 31.480 -20 02 04.63 V G96
2023-05-25 10:58:13 C 22 13 31.843 -20 02 02.69 V G96
2023-05-25 11:03:10 C 22 13 32.214 -20 02 00.71 V G96
2023-05-25 11:08:08 C 22 13 32.574 -20 01 59.23 V G96
2023-06-12 10:19:05 C 22 45 22.651 -17 14 44.20 V G96
2023-06-12 10:26:42 C 22 45 23.220 -17 14 41.35 V G96
2023-06-12 10:34:20 C 22 45 23.742 -17 14 38.08 V G96
2023-06-12 10:41:57 C 22 45 24.264 -17 14 34.80 V G96
2023-06-13 10:06:38 C 22 47 06.601 -17 04 50.30 V G96
2023-06-13 10:14:14 C 22 47 07.141 -17 04 47.24 V G96
2023-06-13 10:21:51 C 22 47 07.681 -17 04 44.29 V G96
2023-06-13 10:29:29 C 22 47 08.218 -17 04 40.91 V G96
2023-06-17 07:59:26 C 22 53 56.026 -16 24 41.33 V W68
2023-06-17 08:03:21 C 22 53 56.273 -16 24 38.74 V W68
2023-06-17 08:39:50 C 22 53 58.807 -16 24 23.44 V W68
2023-06-17 08:43:46 C 22 53 59.050 -16 24 22.07 V W68
2023-06-21 02:08:12 C 23 00 29.196 -15 44 40.74 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)