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
2023-06-21 02:16:24 C 23 00 29.753 -15 44 37.50 V M22
2023-06-21 02:20:19 C 23 00 30.007 -15 44 35.09 V M22
2023-06-21 02:40:42 C 23 00 31.433 -15 44 26.56 V M22
2023-06-28 09:43:52 C 23 13 22.422 -14 20 53.99 V 703
2023-06-28 09:52:01 C 23 13 23.027 -14 20 49.52 V 703
2023-06-28 10:00:10 C 23 13 23.653 -14 20 45.49 V 703
2023-06-28 10:08:19 C 23 13 24.197 -14 20 41.89 V 703
2023-07-05 07:17:09 C 23 25 55.075 -12 50 30.98 V W68
2023-07-05 07:21:07 C 23 25 55.358 -12 50 28.21 V W68
2023-07-05 07:54:57 C 23 25 57.869 -12 50 08.34 V W68
2023-07-05 07:59:37 C 23 25 58.183 -12 50 05.24 V W68
2023-07-10 02:08:40 C 23 35 03.81 -11 38 57.7 X C95
2023-07-10 02:20:14 C 23 35 04.72 -11 38 49.6 X C95
2023-07-12 03:29:50 C 23 39 08.988 -11 04 33.42 V M22
2023-07-12 03:34:26 C 23 39 09.384 -11 04 30.00 V M22
2023-07-12 03:45:41 C 23 39 10.282 -11 04 21.97 V M22
2023-07-12 04:00:46 C 23 39 11.460 -11 04 10.88 V M22
2023-07-13 09:43:36 C 23 41 43.243 -10 42 34.38 V W68
2023-07-13 10:23:25 C 23 41 46.447 -10 42 04.54 V W68
2023-07-13 10:29:28 C 23 41 46.939 -10 41 59.78 V W68
2023-07-18 02:00:41 C 23 51 48.749 -09 11 38.18 V M22
2023-07-18 02:07:18 C 23 51 49.327 -09 11 32.35 V M22
2023-07-18 02:12:35 C 23 51 49.807 -09 11 27.60 V M22
2023-07-18 02:47:46 C 23 51 52.922 -09 10 56.46 V M22
2023-07-25 13:57:37 C 00 10 42.984 -06 01 59.51 X F51
2023-07-25 14:11:58 C 00 10 44.578 -06 01 41.34 X F51
2023-07-25 14:26:20 C 00 10 46.177 -06 01 23.12 X F51
2023-07-28 06:34:31 C 00 18 51.173 -04 32 58.99 V W68
2023-07-28 06:38:26 C 00 18 51.665 -04 32 53.20 V W68
2023-07-28 06:45:35 C 00 18 52.562 -04 32 42.68 V W68
2023-07-29 13:58:08 C 00 23 09.579 -03 44 57.66 X F52
2023-07-29 14:09:05 C 00 23 11.037 -03 44 40.01 X F52
2023-07-29 14:20:03 C 00 23 12.494 -03 44 22.52 X F52
2023-07-29 14:30:59 C 00 23 13.958 -03 44 04.86 X F52
2023-07-31 06:26:23 C 00 29 10.874 -02 35 40.67 V W68
2023-07-31 06:55:25 C 00 29 15.168 -02 34 48.61 V W68
2023-07-31 07:17:45 C 00 29 18.463 -02 34 08.44 V W68
2023-07-31 07:23:37 C 00 29 19.330 -02 33 57.74 V W68
2023-08-01 23:50:44 C 00 35 56.513 -01 16 39.36 V M22
2023-08-01 23:54:04 C 00 35 57.096 -01 16 32.52 V M22
2023-08-02 00:00:00 C 00 35 58.056 -01 16 20.46 V M22
2023-08-02 00:07:55 C 00 35 59.369 -01 16 04.48 V M22
2023-08-08 04:11:08 C 01 07 36.588 +05 06 31.72 V M22
2023-08-08 04:14:44 C 01 07 37.519 +05 06 43.49 V M22
2023-08-08 04:18:43 C 01 07 38.534 +05 06 56.41 V M22
2023-08-08 04:23:19 C 01 07 39.720 +05 07 11.39 V M22
2023-08-08 22:06:55 C 01 12 37.38 +06 05 55.4 M32
2023-08-08 22:08:54 C 01 12 37.92 +06 06 01.8 M32
2023-08-08 22:11:33 C 01 12 38.65 +06 06 11.0 M32
2023-08-08 22:13:52 C 01 12 39.36 +06 06 20.0 M32
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)