  Orbiting the Sun at an average distance of 0.59 au and with the shortest
aphelion of any known minor body, at 0.77 au, the Atira-class asteroid 2019 AQ3
may be an orbital outlier or perhaps an early indication of the presence of a
new population of objects: those following orbits entirely encompassed within
that of Venus, the so-called Vatiras. Here, we explore the orbital evolution of
2019 AQ3 within the context of the known Atiras to show that, like many of
them, it displays a present-day conspicuous coupled oscillation of the values
of eccentricity and inclination, but no libration of the value of the argument
of perihelion with respect to the invariable plane of the Solar system. The
observed dynamics is consistent with being the result of the combined action of
two dominant perturbers, the Earth-Moon system and Jupiter, and a secondary
one, Venus. Such a multiperturber-induced secular dynamics translates into a
chaotic evolution that can eventually lead to a resonant behaviour of the
Lidov-Kozai type. Asteroid 2019 AQ3 may have experienced brief stints as a
Vatira in the relatively recent past and it may become a true Vatira in the
future, outlining possible dynamical pathways that may transform Atiras into
Vatiras and vice versa. Our results strongly suggest that 2019 AQ3 is only the
tip of the iceberg: a likely numerous population of similar bodies may remain
hidden in plain sight, permanently confined inside the Sun's glare.
