List of surface formations on (253) Mathilde

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Asteroid (253) Mathilde, recorded during the flyby of the NEAR Shoemaker probe , June 27, 1997
Map by (253) Mathilde

The list of geological formations on (253) Mathilde contains all surface formations on the asteroid (253) Mathilde , which have been given a proper name by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The names were made in 2000.

crater

Until now, only craters on the asteroid have received proper names. The surface of (253) Mathilde is very dark with an albedo of 0.0436 (± 0.004), blacker than coal . Therefore, the craters were named after coal mining areas. The 1983 Concise Guide to World Coalfields of the International Energy Agency (IEA) of the OECD was used as the source for the names .

Surname Mean diameter (km) Coordinates + W (0-360) of the crater center Named after
Aachen 4.8 9.2; 60.9 Rhenish lignite district , Aachen
Baganur 16.4 14.6; 191.6 Baganuur District , Mongolia
Benham 2.2 19; 247.2 Benham , Kentucky
Clackmannan 2.8 18.9; 260.8 Clackmannanshire , Scotland
Damodar 28.7 73; 263.8 Damodar, Jharkhand , India
Enugu 5.9 −15.3; 151.6 Enugu , Nigeria
Ishikari 29.3 −66.2; 186.9 largest coal basin in Japan , Ishikari sub-prefecture , Hokkaidō
Jerada 2.5 42.1; 177.3 Jerada , Jerada Province , Morocco
Jixi 19.9 −12.3; 256.5 Jixi , Heilongjiang , People's Republic of China
Kalimantan 2.7 −7.7; 123.7 Kalimantan Timur , Indonesia
Karoo 33.4 33.5; 98.4 Karoo , South Africa
Kuznetsk 28.5 −45.9; 88.9 Kuznetsk Basin , Siberia
Lorraine 4.1 48.1; 142.5 Lorraine , France
Lublin 6.5 55.3; 156.8 Lublin Voivodeship , Poland
Maritsa 2.4 44.6; 151.5 Maritsa, Galabowo , Stara Sagora Oblast , Bulgaria
Matanuska 2.9 27.3; 217.3 Matanuska-Susitna Valley , Southcentral Alaska
Mulgildie 2.5 57.7; 176.1 Mulgildie, North Burnett Region , Queensland , Australia
Oaxaca 5.2 38.7; 186.3 Oaxaca , Mexico
Otago 7.9 23.7; 164.5 Otago , New Zealand
Quetta 3.2 45.6; 165.5 Quetta , Pakistan
Similkameen 3.4 −13.5; 104.7 Similkameen, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen , British Columbia , Canada
Teruel 7.6 −28.1; 142.7 Teruel Province , Aragon , Spain
Zulia 12.3 −39.5; 30.9 Zulia , Venezuela

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