Vesta may refer to:

Brands and products

* Lada Vesta, a car from Russian car manufacturer AVTOVAZ *

Swan Vesta Swan Vestas is a brand of matches. Shorter than normal pocket matches, they are particularly popular with smokers and have long used the tagline "the smoker's match", although this has been replaced by the prefix "the original" on the current pack ...

(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 st ...

, 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 Premier Foods plc is a British food manufacturer headquartered in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The group owns many well-known brands, including Mr Kipling, Ambrosia (food), Ambrosia, Bird's Custard, Angel Delight, Homepride cooking sauces, J. Lyons ...

Fiction and mythology

Sailor Vesta The are a group of fictional characters from the ''Sailor Moon'' manga series created by Naoko Takeuchi. They serve as the main antagonists of the fourth arc, called ''Dream'' in the manga, ''Sailor Moon SuperS'' in its first anime adaptation, an ...

, a character in ''Sailor Moon'' *

Vesta (Marvel Comics) The Olympians are a fictional species appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. These characters are based on the Twelve Olympians/Dii Consentes and other deities of Classical mythology. During the beginning of the 1960s, the e ...

, a Marvel Comics character *

Vesta (mythology) Vesta () is the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman religion. She was rarely depicted in human form, and was more often represented by the fire of her temple in the Forum Romanum. Entry to her temple was permitted only to he ...

, Roman goddess of the hearth and home

People

* Vesta Stoudt (1891–1966), factory worker during

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

known for her letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt suggesting the use of adhesive tape to improve ammunition boxes, leading to

duct tape Duct tape or duck tape is cloth- or scrim-backed pressure-sensitive tape, often coated with polyethylene. A variety of constructions exist using different backings and adhesives, and the term "duct tape" has been genericized to refer to all o ...

* Vesta (1957–2011), stage name of American recording artist

Vesta Williams Mary Vesta Williams (December 1, 1957 – September 22, 2011) was an American singer-songwriter, who performed across genres such as soul music, soul, funk, R&B, Quiet storm, jazz soul and Urban Contemporary. Originally credited as Vesta Williams ...

Music

* ''Vesta'' (album), 1986 album by Vesta Williams * '' Vesta 4 U'', 1988 album by Vesta Williams * Vesta, a 2008 rock band made up of former members of

The Juliana Theory The Juliana Theory is an American emo and Rock music, rock duo from Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Greensburg and Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. They signed to Tooth & Nail Records, and later to Epic Records for the release of the albu ...

Places

Monte Vesta Monte Vesta is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy. It administratively belongs to the province of Brescia. SOIUSA classification According to the SOIUSA (''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classifi ...

, Lombardy, Italy *

Temple of Vesta The Temple of Vesta, or the aedes (Latin ''Glossary of ancient Roman religion#aedes, Aedes Vestae''; Italian language, Italian: ''Tempio di Vesta''), was an ancient edifice in Rome, Italy. It is located in the Roman Forum near the Regia and the H ...

, 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

Canada

* Vesta Creek (Alberta), a stream in northern Alberta *

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

, a stream in Bruce County, Ontario * Vesta, a dispersed rural community in the municipality of Brockton, 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 letter (message), letters and parc ...

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 South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States G ...

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 ...

Vesta, Nebraska Vesta is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Nebraska, United States. History A schoolteacher named Vesta after a former student in Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. ...

Vesta, Virginia Vesta is an unincorporated community in Patrick County, Virginia, United States. Vesta is located on U.S. Route 58, northwest of Stuart. Vesta has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services ...

Vesta, Washington Vesta is an unincorporated community in Grays Harbor County, in the U.S. state of Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pa ...

Science and technology

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 (mytho ...

, an asteroid **

Vesta family The Vesta family (adj. ''Vestian''; ) is a family of asteroids. The cratering family is located in the inner asteroid belt in the vicinity of its namesake and principal body, 4 Vesta. It is one of the largest asteroid families with more tha ...

, group of asteroids that includes 4 Vesta *

Vesta (rocket) The Vesta sounding rocket, conceived in 1962 by the ''Laboratoire de Recherches Balistiques et Aérodynamiques'' (LRBA), a specialized French Army research facility focused on liquid-propelled rocket development. The initial letter "V" in its name ...

, A French sounding rocket * The Vesta parallel file system, a precursor of IBM's

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

Vesta (software configuration management) Vesta is a software configuration management system developed in the 1990s. History Vesta was developed by researchers at the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) Systems Research Center in Palo Alto, California. The language for Vesta was first pu ...

(developed 1993), advanced configuration management system released by Compaq * ''Vesta'' (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family

Lampyridae The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production ...

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

Vestas Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines that was founded in 1945. The company operates manufacturing plants in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan, India, Italy, Romania, the Un ...

(founded 1945), Danish manufacturer of wind turbines

Other uses

IF Vesta IF Vesta is a sports club in Uppsala, Sweden, established on 8 June 1911. The club runs bandy and soccer, earlier even ice hockey and floorball. History In the first year of bandy league system in Sweden, 1930–31, Vesta entered in Division 1 N ...

, sports club in Uppsala, Sweden established in 1911 * SS ''Vesta'' (1853–1875), a French iron screw steamer * Vesta (name), feminine given name *

Vesta Rowing Club Vesta Rowing Club is a rowing club based on the Tideway of the River Thames in Putney, London, England. It was founded in 1870. Vesta organises two head races every year; the Scullers Head and the Veterans Head. History Foundation Vesta Rowi ...

(founded 1870), a rowing club based in London, England * Vesta Battery Corporation (1897–1964), an automobile battery company * ''Vesta'', a genus of flowering plant, sole species '' Vesta longifolia''