Castalia

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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.

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY

Castalia

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

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH KNOWLES

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