Astrophysics, Science, Space

Asteroid from ‘Rare Species’ Sighted in the Cosmic Wild

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Zwicky Transient Facility, or ZTF, detected the asteroid 2019 AQ3 on January 4, 2019. (GRAPHIC SUPPLIED)

Palomar Mountain, CA -(ENEWSPF)- Astronomers have discovered a ‘rare species’ asteroid looping through the inner solar system on an exotic orbit. The unusual object is among the first asteroids ever found whose orbit is confined almost entirely within the orbit of Venus. The asteroid’s existence hints at potentially significant numbers of space rocks arcing unseen in uncharted regions nearer…

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