The International Astronomical Union has just named Zoozve a quasi-moon of Venus that was discovered in 2002. We tell you the curious story of its discovery and its mysterious name.
The existence of retrograde moons or quasi-moons had been predicted in 1913 by the British John Jackson. Since then, eight others have been discovered, one near Neptune and the other seven orbiting alongside Earth. 2023FW 13, the most recent of those discovered around our planet, is only 15 meters in size and it seems that it could remain linked to the Earth for more than 4,000 years.