▁than ▁previously ▁discovered ▁A ten , ▁ 3 7 5 3 ▁Cru ith ne . ▁Since ▁then , ▁more ▁ecc ent ric ▁At ens ▁– ▁such ▁as ▁, ▁with ▁an ▁ecc ent ric ity ▁of ▁ 0 . 6 6 5 ▁– ▁have ▁been ▁discovered . ▁Due ▁to ▁this ▁el ong ated ▁orbit , ▁the ▁A ten ▁astero id ▁and ▁near - E arth ▁astero id ▁also ▁class ifies ▁as ▁Earth - c ros ser , ▁Ven us - c ros ser ▁and ▁Mercur y - gra zer . ▁▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁V A ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁astero id ▁discovered ▁with ▁such ▁a ▁small ▁semi - major ▁axis ▁( 0 . 7 2 8 ▁A U , ▁about ▁the ▁same ▁as ▁Ven us ), ▁breaking ▁ 2 1 0 0 ▁Ra - Sh alom ' s ▁distance ▁record ▁( 0 . 8 3 2 ▁A U ), ▁which ▁had ▁held ▁for ▁over ▁a ▁de cade . ▁It ▁remained ▁the ▁astero id ▁with ▁the ▁smallest ▁known ▁semi - major ▁axis ▁for ▁five ▁years ▁until ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁ ▁( 0 . 6 8 3 ▁A U ), ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁astero id ▁discovered ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁Sun ▁than ▁Ven us . ▁ ▁Being ▁so ▁close ▁to ▁Ven us , ▁it ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁first ▁astero id ▁discovered ▁within ▁Ven us ' ▁zone ▁of ▁influence . ▁This ▁means ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁close ▁enough ▁to ▁Ven us ▁for ▁the ▁planet ▁to ▁capture ▁ ▁into ▁a ▁co - orb ital ▁relationship . ▁Though ▁it