Venus trojan

A Venus trojan is an asteroid that orbits the Sun in the vicinity of Venus. Trojans travel in Venus-Sun Lagrangian points L4, leading 60°, or L5, trailing 60°. 2013 ND15 is the only known trojan of Venus, and is located near Venus's Lagrangian point L4. While 524522 Zoozve is currently a quasi-satellite of Venus, it is expected to be ejected from that configuration and become a Venus trojan orbiting at Venus' L5 point in about 500 years.

List of Venus trojans
Designation Cloud Semimajor axis
(AU) 		Perihelion
(AU) 		Eccentricity Inclination
(°) 		(H) Diameter
(m)
2013 ND15 L4 1.20 0.72 0.39 2.65 18.3 70±30
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