Castalia

views updated May 08 2018

Castalia A solar system near-Earth asteroid (No. 4769), measuring 1.8 × 0.8 km; approximate mass 1011 kg; orbital period 0.41 years. It is a double-lobed object, each lobe about 0.75 km in diameter.

Castalia

views updated May 14 2018

Castalia a spring on Mount Parnassus, sacred in antiquity to Apollo and the Muses.

More From encyclopedia.com