Planet
Vesta
Asteroid
Second largest main-belt asteroid
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Vesta is one of the objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of 525 kilometres (326 mi). It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers on 29 March 1807 and is named after Vesta, the virgin goddess of home and hearth from Roman mythology.
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Key facts
Distance
Asteroid belt
Mean radius
263 km
Orbital period
3.63 years
Discovered
1807 · Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
