4 Vesta
Second-largest asteroid of the main asteroid belt
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- Vesta is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of 525 kilometres (326 mi).
Vesta is one of the largest 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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