253 Mathilde

253 Mathilde is an asteroid in the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 50 kilometers in diameter, that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at Vienna Observatory on 12 November 1885. It has a relatively elliptical orbit that requires more than four years to circle the Sun. 
Category:Main Belt
Category:Asteroids
Category:Geoasteroid
Category:Other Spectral Types
Category:Objects Not in Hydrostatic Equilibrium
Category:Objects with No Atmosphere
Category:Inner Solar System Object
Category:Named Objects
Category:Named Minor Planets
Category:Numbered Objects
Category:Numbered Minor Planets