Discovery of the First Known Asteroid Confined within the Orbit of Venus

Ip, Wing-Huen and Masci, Frank J. and Ye, Quanzhi and Kramer, Emily A. and Helou, George and Prince, Thomas A. and Kulkarni, S. R. and Dekany, Richard and Drake, Andrew and Graham, Matthew J. and Groom, Steven and Laher, Russ R. and Mahabal, Ashish A. and Rusholme, Ben (2022) Discovery of the First Known Asteroid Confined within the Orbit of Venus. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 935 (1). L6. ISSN 2041-8205

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac8470

Abstract

We report on the discovery by the Zwicky Transient Facility of an asteroid orbiting entirely within the orbit of Venus, the first known example of this orbital class. The asteroid's perihelion is closer to the Sun than the aphelion of Mercury, and its diameter is estimated at about 1.8 km assuming an albedo of 0.2. The object was first observed on 2020 January 4 in four exposures obtained 7 minutes apart during an evening twilight survey. Its IAU-recognized designation is 594913 'Ayló'chaxnim.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Afro Asian Archive > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User:	Unnamed user with email support@afroasianarchive.com
Date Deposited:	24 Apr 2023 06:29
Last Modified:	20 Sep 2024 04:24
URI:	http://info.stmdigitallibrary.com/id/eprint/545

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