4769 Castalia

Summary

4769 Castalia is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4769 Castalia is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 4769 Castalia's image is recorded as Orbit 4769 Castalia.png^[4].
• 4769 Castalia's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[5].
• 4769 Castalia's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 4769 Castalia's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[7].
• 4769 Castalia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Castalia is named after 4769 Castalia^[9].
• 4769 Castalia's follows is recorded as Q154631^[10].
• 4769 Castalia's followed by is recorded as 4770 Lane^[11].
• 4769 Castalia's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[12].
• 4769 Castalia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[13].
• 4769 Castalia's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2001006620^[14].
• 4769 Castalia's Commons category is recorded as 4769 Castalia^[15].
• 4769 Castalia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[16].
• 4769 Castalia's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 PB^[17].
• 4769 Castalia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-08-09T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 4769 Castalia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cq1w^[19].
• 4769 Castalia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004769^[20].
• 4769 Castalia's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 4769 Castalia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.483'}^[22].
• 4769 Castalia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4832835'}^[23].
• 4769 Castalia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4831979099070784'}^[24].
• 4769 Castalia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.9'}^[25].
• 4769 Castalia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.4'}^[26].
• 4769 Castalia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.8882'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[5], near-Earth object^[6], and near-Earth asteroid^[7].

History and Context

Castalia is named after 4769 Castalia^[9].

Why It Matters

4769 Castalia ranks in the top 9% of potentially_hazardous_asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]