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    Vesta (minor-planet designation: 4 Vesta) is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of 525 kilometres (326 mi). It was discovered...
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  • Look up Vesta or vesta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vesta may refer to: Lada Vesta, a car from Russian car manufacturer AVTOVAZ Swan Vesta (began...
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    56°11′48″N 10°10′49″E / 56.1966997°N 10.1802483°E / 56.1966997; 10.1802483 Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer...
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    Vesta (Classical Latin: [ˈwɛs.ta]) is the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman religion. She was rarely depicted in human form, and...
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  • the fictional character Tobias Eaton in the Divergent series of books 4 Vesta, the second-largest asteroid after Ceres in the asteroid belt , symbol...
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  • Vesta 4 U is the second studio album by American R&B singer Vesta Williams, released on November 21, 1988, on A&M Records. The album peaked at No. 131...
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    The Temple of Vesta, or the aedes (Latin Aedes Vestae; Italian: Tempio di Vesta), is an ancient edifice in Rome, Italy. It is located in the Roman Forum...
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    in 2260. 4 Vesta came to perihelion on 26 December 2021, but using a two-body solution at an epoch of July 2021 less accurately shows Vesta came to perihelion...
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  • whose spectral type is that of 4 Vesta. Approximately 6% of main-belt asteroids are vestoids,[citation needed] with Vesta being by far the largest of them...
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  • inner asteroid belt in the vicinity of its namesake and principal body, 4 Vesta. It is one of the largest asteroid families with more than 15,000 known...
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    at 2.50 AU) has few large asteroids. Of those in the above list, only 4 Vesta, 19 Fortuna, 6 Hebe, 7 Iris and 9 Metis orbit there. (Sort table by mean...
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    Dawn (spacecraft) (category 4 Vesta)
    asteroid belt: Vesta and Ceres. In the fulfillment of that mission—the ninth in NASA's Discovery Program—Dawn entered orbit around Vesta on July 16, 2011...
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    other asteroids (2 Pallas, 3 Juno, and 4 Vesta) were discovered by von Zach's group over the next few years, with Vesta found in 1807. No new asteroids were...
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    them are HED meteorites, possibly originating from the crust of asteroid 4 Vesta. Other types include Martian, Lunar, and several types thought to originate...
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  • simplified to parentheses, "(4)" and "(4) Vesta", which was easier to typeset. Other punctuation such as "4) Vesta" and "4, Vesta" was also used, but had more...
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    The Lada Vesta is a subcompact car produced by the Russian car company AvtoVAZ since 2015. It was presented in August 2014 during the Moscow International...
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    Rheasilvia (category Surface features of 4 Vesta)
    the asteroid Vesta. It is 505 km (314 mi) in diameter, which is 90% the diameter of Vesta itself, and is 95% the mean diameter of Vesta, 529 km (329 mi)...
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    regoliths. Ceres is a surviving protoplanet that formed 4.56 billion years ago; alongside Pallas and Vesta, one of only three remaining in the inner Solar System...
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    of the main belt mass is contained in the four largest asteroids: Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, and Hygiea. The total mass of the asteroid belt is estimated to...
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  • century, astrologers abbreviated the symbol for 4 Vesta (the sacred fire of Vesta, encoded U+26B6 ⚶ VESTA), and introduced new symbols for 5 Astraea (,...
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  • is a list of named geological features, of various kinds, on asteroid 4 Vesta. In modern Latin orthography, this name is spelled 'Junia', and pronounced...
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    Basalt (section Vesta)
    doi:10.1006/icar.1997.5734. Mittlefehldt, David W. (June 2015). "Asteroid (4) Vesta: I. The howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) clan of meteorites". Geochemistry...
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    was originally considered a planet, along with 1 Ceres, 2 Pallas, and 4 Vesta. In 1811, Schröter estimated Juno to be as large as 2290 km in diameter...
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    1802 and 1807, discovered the second and the fourth asteroids Pallas and Vesta. Olbers was born in Arbergen, Germany, today part of Bremen, and studied...
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  • George's publication of Asteroid Goddesses in 1986 Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta (in order of discovery) were the only known asteroids from 1808 until 1845...
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    HED meteorite (category 4 Vesta)
    asteroid Vesta. According to this theory, the differences of composition are due to their ejection at different moments in the geologic history of Vesta. Their...
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    meteorites, though significantly less hydrated than Ceres. It is 79% the mass of Vesta and 22% the mass of Ceres, constituting an estimated 7% of the mass of the...
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    list [3] Astronomers who made detailed studies of the planet Facula list [4] The word 'snake' in various languages Fossae list [5] Significant works of...
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    Planetary differentiation has occurred on planets, dwarf planets, the asteroid 4 Vesta, and natural satellites (such as the Moon). High-density materials tend...
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  • passing comets, meteor showers, and the brightest asteroids, including 4 Vesta. Sky lore and various tests demonstrate an impressive variety of phenomena...
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