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Look up: Vesta

  1. Vesta
    Roman goddess of the hearth.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  2. Vesta
    Vesta is the fourth and brightest asteroid. It ws discovered by Olbers on March the 29th 1807.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Vesta
    see 'Hestia'
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. Vesta
    Vesta is a city in Redwood County Minnesota, USA Vesta is a township in Walsh County North Dakota, USA Vesta is a township in Redwood County Minnesota, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  5. Vesta
    [n] - (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins 2. [n] - the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Vesta
    One of the `minor planets` of our solar system. Discovered by Olbers on 29 Mar 1807. Diameter in km: 576. More data in TABLE 13. THE MINOR PLANETS
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  7. Vesta
    In Roman mythology, the goddess of the hearth, equivalent with the Greek Hestia. In Rome, the sacred flame in her shrine at the Forum represented the spirit of the community, and was kept constantly...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  8. Vesta
    Roma and Vesta were 2 goddesses who were especially important to Rome. Vesta was one of the most popular and mysterious goddesses of the Roman pantheon. She was the goddess of the hearth, equated with the Greek Hestia, and was also the goddess of the sacred eternal flame that burnt in the Temple of Vesta (built in the 3rd century BC) in the Forum R...
    Found on http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/temetfutue/gl

  9. Vesta
    Ves'ta noun [ Latin Vesta , akin to Greek ... Vesta, ... the hearth of the house, and perhaps to Sanskrit ush to burn (see East ), or perhaps to Sanskrit vas to dwell, and English was .] 1. (Rom. Myth.) One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia . She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/20

  10. vesta
    1. One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it. ... 2. <astronomy> An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807. ... 3. A wax friction match. ... Origin: L. Vesta, akin to Gr. Vesta, the h ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. Vesta
    noun the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered
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  12. Vesta
    noun (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. Vesta
    `Vesta` may refer to: * Vesta (mythology), a goddess in Roman mythology, equivalent to Greek Hestia * 4 Vesta, an asteroid named after the Roman deity * Vesta family, a group of asteroids that includes 4 Vesta * Vesta (rocket), a French sounding rocket * Vesta, Italy, a small town in Lombardy, Italy * Vesta, Virginia, a small town in the state of Virginia, USA * Vesta, a small town in the state of Minnesota, USA * Vesta Williams, a female R&B v...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesta

  14. Vesta
    • (n.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807. • (n.) One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it. • (n.) A wax friction match.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. Vesta
    in Roman religion, goddess of the hearth, identified with the Greek Hestia. The lack of an easy source of fire in the early Roman community placed a ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/18

  16. Vesta
    third largest and the brightest asteroid of the asteroid belt and the fourth such object to be discovered, by the German astronomer and physician ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/18

  17. Vesta
    Vesta is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `guardian of the sacred fire ` Where is it used? The name Vesta is mainly used In Roman Mythology.How do they say it elsewhere? Hestia ( In Greek Mythology) Vesta doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Vesta appeared In the top-1000 was 68 years ago, In 1940. It ranke
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Ves

  18. Vesta
    (minor planet 4) Hubble image of Vesta taken in 1996. A 456-km wide crater is visible at the bottom of the image. Credit: Ben Zellner, Georgia Southern University; Peter Thomas, Cornell University; NASA Hubble image of Vesta taken in 2007. Credit: L. McFadden/NASA/E...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  19. Vesta
    Vesta, in Roman religion and mythology, hearth goddess. She was highly honored in every household from early times to the beginning of Christianity. Her public cult maintained a sacred building in which her priestesses, the vestal virgins, tended the communal hearth and fire, which was never allowed...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  20. Vesta
    Vesta (ves'tu) , in astronomy, fourth asteroid to be discovered. It was found in 1807 by H. Olbers. It is the third largest asteroid, with a diameter of c.326 mi (525 km). Its average distance from the sun is 2.36 astronomical units, and the period of its orbit is 1,325 days. Vesta is the only a...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08507


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