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
2023-08-08 22:15:50 C 01 12 39.89 +06 06 26.5 M32
2023-08-10 22:03:18 C 01 27 37.61 +09 07 16.8 M32
2023-08-10 22:04:59 C 01 27 38.19 +09 07 23.7 M32
2023-08-10 22:06:40 C 01 27 38.76 +09 07 30.6 M32
2023-08-10 22:08:20 C 01 27 39.33 +09 07 37.5 M32
2023-08-10 22:10:01 C 01 27 39.89 +09 07 44.4 M32
2023-08-11 00:13:24 C 01 28 21.98 +09 16 12.4 V C23
2023-08-11 00:18:01 C 01 28 23.57 +09 16 31.7 V C23
2023-08-11 00:22:39 C 01 28 25.14 +09 16 51.1 V C23
2023-08-11 02:01:17 C 01 28 58.162 +09 24 55.12 V M22
2023-08-11 02:03:53 C 01 28 59.033 +09 25 05.95 V M22
2023-08-11 02:08:26 C 01 29 00.559 +09 25 24.96 V M22
2023-08-11 02:16:56 C 01 29 03.396 +09 26 00.31 V M22
2023-08-11 02:18:22 C 01 29 04.265 +09 24 58.97 V 160
2023-08-11 02:23:17 C 01 29 05.928 +09 25 19.60 V 160
2023-08-11 02:28:07 C 01 29 07.550 +09 25 39.40 V 160
2023-08-11 23:11:49 C 01 36 41.18 +10 55 09.0 M32
2023-08-11 23:13:24 C 01 36 41.78 +10 55 16.4 M32
2023-08-11 23:14:59 C 01 36 42.36 +10 55 23.6 M32
2023-08-11 23:16:34 C 01 36 42.96 +10 55 30.6 M32
2023-08-11 23:16:49 C 01 36 43.05 +10 55 31.6 M32
2023-08-11 23:57:52 C 01 36 58.884 +10 58 38.93 q M16
2023-08-12 00:09:27 C 01 37 03.221 +10 59 31.24 q M16
2023-08-12 00:21:06 C 01 37 07.560 +11 00 23.62 q M16
2023-08-12 08:23:53 C 01 40 13.061 +11 38 15.43 V W68
2023-08-12 08:26:30 C 01 40 14.047 +11 38 27.53 V W68
2023-08-12 08:31:04 C 01 40 15.782 +11 38 48.62 V W68
2023-08-12 09:00:25 C 01 40 26.928 +11 41 04.63 V W68
2023-08-13 00:53:03 C 01 46 57.838 +12 56 31.74 V M22
2023-08-13 01:28:53 C 01 47 12.509 +12 59 27.38 V M22
2023-08-13 01:34:46 C 01 47 14.916 +12 59 56.33 V M22
2023-08-13 01:43:23 C 01 47 18.449 +13 00 38.56 V M22
2023-08-14 00:09:43 C 01 57 18.93 +14 52 54.4 V C23
2023-08-14 00:14:11 C 01 57 20.98 +14 53 18.2 V C23
2023-08-14 00:19:24 C 01 57 23.39 +14 53 45.4 V C23
2023-08-15 13:20:11 C 02 16 11.410 +18 19 08.15 V T05
2023-08-15 13:22:47 C 02 16 12.797 +18 19 23.66 V T05
2023-08-15 13:28:42 C 02 16 15.962 +18 19 58.19 V T05
2023-08-15 13:36:32 C 02 16 20.141 +18 20 44.02 V T05
2023-08-15 13:51:04 C 02 16 27.890 +18 22 08.62 V T05
2023-08-15 13:53:31 C 02 16 29.220 +18 22 23.05 V T05
2023-08-15 20:25:33 C 02 20 10.08 +18 59 56.1 q 168
2023-08-15 21:05:37 C 02 20 32.63 +19 03 53.8 q 168
2023-08-15 21:46:35 C 02 20 55.80 +19 07 58.8 q 168
2023-08-15 22:22:41 C 02 21 16.19 +19 11 33.8 q 168
2023-08-16 20:20:33 C 02 34 32.75 +21 24 50.0 q 168
2023-08-16 21:06:39 C 02 35 01.82 +21 29 38.7 q 168
2023-08-16 21:55:37 C 02 35 32.70 +21 34 45.4 q 168
2023-08-16 23:16:39 C 02 36 23.77 +21 43 12.6 q 168
2023-08-18 19:59:49 C 03 08 11.09 +26 28 30.5 q 168
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)