The Bruce Murray Space Image Library
NASA / JHUAPL / Cornell / colorized image by Daniel Macháček
This image has been artificially colorized to match its likely appearance to a human observer. As a C-type asteroid, Mathilde is very dark, darker than asphalt. It is 59 by 47 kilometers in diameter.
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Original image data dated on or about June 27, 1997
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