Atira asteroids

near Earth asteroid

right|thumb|270px|The zone, represented by the orange region, in which vulcanoids may exist, compared with the orbits of Mercury (planet)|Mercury, [[Venus and Earth]] The vulcanoids are a hypothetical population of asteroids that orbit the Sun in a dynamically stable zone inside the orbit of the planet Mercury. They are named after the hypothetical planet Vulcan, which was proposed on the basis of irregularities in Mercury's orbit that were later found to be explained by general relativity. So far, no vulcanoids have been discovered, and it is not yet clear whether any exist.

asteroid

asteroid entirely confined within Earth's orbit

asteroid

First known asteroid of the Vatira population

asteroid

near-Earth asteroid of the Atira group

planetoid

asteroid

asteroid