Matanuska (crater)

Matanuska is an impact crater on the minor planet 253 Mathilde. It is 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) in diameter. It is named after a coal field in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of Alaska; the name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2000.[1]

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