Castalia (Asteroid)
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Name (Latin)
Castalia (Asteroid)
Other forms of name
Asteroid no. 4769
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Asteroids
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q154634
Library of congress:
sh2001006620
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Asteroid "Castalia" 6489.
- Dict. of minor planet names, 1999.
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Orbit 4769 Castalia
NASA, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
4769 Castalia (; prov. designation: 1989 PB) is a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 1.4 kilometers (0.87 miles) in diameter and was the first asteroid to be modeled by radar imaging. It was discovered on 9 August 1989, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin (Caltech) on photographic plates taken at Palomar Observatory in California. It is named after Castalia, a nymph in Greek mythology. It is also a Mars- and Venus-crosser asteroid.
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