Virtual Telescope Project confirms 2020 AV2— the first asteroid found to move entirely inside the orbit of Venus
Monday, January 13, 2020 - 09:30
in Astronomy & Space
Gianluca Masi, an astrophysicist working on the Virtual Telescope Project,which he founded, has announced the confirmation of 2020 AV2—the first asteroid orbiting entirely within the orbit of Venus. Masi describes on the Virtual Telescope Project web page the discovery by a team at the Zwicky Transient Facility and his confirmation of its orbit.