Editing 4769 Castalia

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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |4769 Castalia
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:4769 Castalia.png|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''4769 Castalia in Orbiter'''
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|4769 Castalia
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Sun
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|width="30%"|Number of satellites||align="right" width="30%"|0
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|159050773004.883
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"| 0.483237084250589
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|0.155101424092898
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|5.68412614431682
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|7.80093107166837
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|12.5695237899611
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotational Elements
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|width="30%"|Sidereal Rotation Period||align="right" width="50%"|14400
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|width="30%"|Sidereal Rotation Offset||align="right" width="50%"|0
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|width="30%"|Obliquity||align="right" width="30%"|0
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"| 1800
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|5×10<sup>11</sup>
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|width="30%"|Mean surface gravity||align="right" width="30%"|1.02998 m/s<sup>2</sup>
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|width="30%"|Escape velocity||align="right" width="30%"|0.19256 m/s
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from 4769 Castalia.cfg file.
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'''4769 Castalia''' is a near-Earth object of the Apollo group of asteroids. It was discovered by [[w:Eleanor Helin|Eleanor Helin]] at [[w:Palomar Observatory|Palomar Observatory]] on 9 August 1969, and on 28 August 1989, Castalia was observed by radar at [[w:Arecibo Observatory|Arecibo Observatory]], the first asteroid modeled by radar. Castalia was made available in Orbiter by Nighthawke's AsteroidPack v1.00 zip file.

== Physical Characteristics in Orbiter ==
In [[Orbiter]] Castalia appears to be a contact binary, has a mean diameter of about 1800 meters and a mass of 5×10<sup>11</sup> kg. Surface Gravity is about 0.00001 m/s<sup>2</sup>, and escape velocity is about 0.2 m/s. Landing on Castalia near the waist the spacecraft will land on the radius above the texture surface, but, near the ends, it will land below the texture surface.

== Orbital characteristics in Orbiter ==
The orbit of Castalia varies from inside the orbit of [[Venus]] to just outside that of [[Mars]], Semimajor axis is about 159 million Km at an eccentricity 0.483, inclination is  of  Orbital period is about 400 days.

== Note to pilots ==
The visual surface is well below the hard landing surface, a ship cannot land on the terrain. The docking and landing lights are reflected by the terrain.

==Gallery==
[[File:4769 Castalia Orbit 01.png|240 px]]
[[File:4769 Castalia Orbit 02.png|240 px]]
<br>Views of the orbits of the inner planets showing the orbit of 4769 Castalia.
<br>Source - [https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/orbit_viewer.html JPL Horizons Orbit Viewer]

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