vesta

/ˈvɛstə/

name 3noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

sacred

VERB + VESTA

fire, orbiting, visit

VESTA + NOUN

goddess, months, oblong

PREP.

after, after, in

name

The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.

A female given name from Latin in occasional use.

The fourth asteroid discovered, and second largest, (4) Vesta.

noun

A short match, made of wood or wax.

The Dawn spacecraft will first visit Vesta in 2011. After orbiting Vesta for nine months, Dawn then will travel to Ceres, arriving in 2015.

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Vestal virgins had to make sure that the sacred fire of Vesta was never extinguished.

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Vesta was the goddess of the hearth and home.

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Vesta is an oblong minor planet in the asteroid belt with a mean diameter of about 525 kilometres.

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