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Vesta

[ves-tuh] / ˈvɛs tə /


NOUN
lares and penates
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Going all out, I once tried to go to a fancy-dress party as a Swan Vesta matchbox, wearing an elaborate cardboard contraption painted with a lot of time and effort.

From Slate Jul. 21, 2025

Vesta produced 1,000 that first week from its factory near downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2025

At 500km long, the star is about the same size as Vesta - the second-largest asteroid in our solar system.

From BBC Feb. 29, 2024

One, Project Vesta, in 2022 spread an alkaline mineral called olivine on a Long Island beach to test whether that would result in more alkaline waters as waves wash the material out to sea.

From Science Magazine Nov. 30, 2023

She married Saturn, and became the mother of Vesta, Ceres, Juno, and Pluto.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard




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