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Asteroid (156) Xanthippe is at Opposition in the constellation Libra on the 9th May, 2013. 

Distance to Earth: 1.106 AU
Distance to Sun: 2.114 AU
Magnitude: 10.7



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Asteroid (156) Xanthippe is a large, dark main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer J. Palisa on November 22, 1875. It is named after Xanthippe, the wife of the Greek philosopher Socrates.
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