a Photo of Asteroid <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/(253)_Mathilde" title="(253) Mathilde">(253) Mathilde</a> taken by the space probe <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=NEAR_Shoemaker&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="NEAR Shoemaker (page does not exist)">NEAR Shoemaker</a> on 27 June 1997 from a distance of 2400 km. It is lit up by the sun from the top right. The part of the Asteroid visible in the picture has Dimensions of 59 km x 47 km, whereas the picture resolution is 380px. On the surface, numerous large craters are visible, like the Large Crater in the Center, named Karoo <a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoo_%28crater%29">[1]</a>, which is more than 30 km wide. Most of it is shaded in the picture.
NASA
1997-06-27
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