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Asteroid (54) Alexandra in the  constellation Hydra is at Opposition at 06:11 UT, 23rd April 2018 

Magnitude: 11.2 V
Distance to Earth: 1.591 AU



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54 Alexandra is a carbonaceous asteroid from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 155 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German-French astronomer Hermann Goldschmidt on 10 September 1858, and named after the German explorer Alexander von Humbold; it was the first asteroid to be named after a male
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