Vesta may refer to:

Fiction and mythology

* Vesta (mythology), Roman goddess of the hearth and home * Vesta (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character * Sailor Vesta, a character in ''Sailor Moon''

Brands and products

* Lada Vesta, a car from Russian car manufacturer AVTOVAZ * Swan Vesta (began 1883), a brand of matches **

Vesta case A vesta case, or simply a vesta, is a small box made to house wax, or "strike anywhere", matches. The first successful friction match appeared in 1826, and in 1832 William Newton patented the "wax vesta" in England. It consisted of a wax stem with ...

, metal containers for matches (which were previously called vestas) * Vesta, a freeze-dried meal brand launched in the United Kingdom by Batchelors in the early 1970s, and now owned by Premier Foods.

Music

* Vesta (1957–2011), stage name of American recording artist Vesta Williams ** ''Vesta'' (album), 1986 album by Vesta Williams ** ''

Vesta 4 U ''Vesta 4 U'' is the second studio album by American R&B singer Vesta Williams, released on November 21, 1988 on A&M Records. Commercial performance The album peaked at No. 131 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and 26 on Top R&B Albums chart. Four single ...

'', 1988 album by Vesta Williams * Vesta, a 2008 rock band made up of former members of The Juliana Theory

Places

* Monte Vesta, Lombardy, Italy * Temple of Vesta, Rome, Italy *

Vesta Nunataks The Vesta Nunataks () is a small group of nunataks rising to about 1,200 m, lying between Grikurov Ridge in the LeMay Range and Aeolus Ridge in Planet Heights, situated near the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. In association with the ...

, Alexander Island, Antarctica *

4 Vesta Vesta (minor-planet designation: 4 Vesta) is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of . It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers on 29 March 1807 and is named after Vesta, the ...

, an asteroid

Canada

Vesta Creek (Alberta) Vesta Creek is a stream in the County of Northern Lights in Northern Alberta, Canada. It is in the Mackenzie River drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a ...

, a stream in northern Alberta * Vesta, a dispersed rural community in the municipality of Brockton, Bruce County, Ontario *

Vesta Creek (Ontario) Vesta Creek (french: ruisseau Vesta) is a stream in the municipalities of Arran–Elderslie and Brockton, Bruce County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Lake Huron drainage basin and is a right tributary of the Saugeen River. Cou ...

, a stream in Bruce County, Ontario

United States

Vesta, Arkansas Vesta is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Arkansas. History A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing ...

Vesta, Georgia Vesta is an unincorporated community in Oglethorpe County, in the U.S. state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United St ...

Vesta, Indiana Vesta is an unincorporated community in Owen Township, Clark County, Indiana, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in ...

Vesta, Minnesota Vesta is a city in Redwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 319 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. The Redwood River flows through the so ...

Vesta, Nebraska Vesta is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Nebraska, United States. History A schoolteacher named Vesta after a former student in Massachusetts. 1925 editionis available for download aUniversity of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Com ...

Vesta, Virginia Vesta is an unincorporated community in Patrick County, Virginia, United States. Vesta is located on U.S. Route 58 northwest of Stuart Stuart may refer to: Names * Stuart (name), a given name and surname (and list of people with the name) ...

Vesta, Washington Vesta is an unincorporated community in Grays Harbor County, in the U.S. state of Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal gove ...

Science and technology

, an asteroid * Vesta family, group of asteroids that includes 4 Vesta * Vesta (software configuration management) (developed 1993), advanced configuration management system released by Compaq * Vestas (founded 1945), Danish manufacturer of wind turbines * The Vesta parallel file system, a precursor of IBM's

GPFS GPFS (General Parallel File System, brand name IBM Spectrum Scale) is high-performance clustered file system software developed by IBM. It can be deployed in shared-disk or shared-nothing distributed parallel modes, or a combination of these. I ...

* '' Vesta longifolia'', a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae

Other uses

Vesta (name) Vesta is the Roman goddess of the hearth, home, and family. The given name may also refer to: People: * Vesta Hathaway (Marina Oliver, born 1934), British writer * Vesta Kasputė (born 1984), Lithuanian chess player * Vesta M. Roy (1925–2002), ...

, feminine given name * IF Vesta, sports club in Uppsala, Sweden established in 1911 * Vesta Rowing Club (founded 1870), a rowing club based in London, England * SS ''Vesta'' (1853–1875), a French iron screw steamer *

Vesta Battery Corporation The Vesta Battery Corporation (1897–1964), known until 1929 as the Vesta Accumulator Company, was an American manufacturer of automobile electrical gear. Based in Chicago, Illinois, the company was founded by a former garment worker in 1897. Origi ...

(1897–1964), an automobile battery company * ''Vesta'', a genus of flowering plant, sole species '' Vesta longifolia''