Vesta
Vesta may refer to:
Brands and products
- Lada Vesta, a car from Russian car manufacturer AVTOVAZ
- Vesta case, metal containers for matches (which were previously called vestas)
Fiction and mythology
- Sailor Vesta, a character in Sailor Moon
- Vesta (mythology), Roman goddess of the hearth and home
People
- Vesta Stoudt (1891–1966), factory worker during Second World War known for her letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt suggesting the use of adhesive tape to improve ammunition boxes, leading to duct tape
- Vesta (1957–2011), stage name of American recording artist 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
Places
- Monte Vesta, Lombardy, Italy
- Temple of Vesta, Rome, Italy
- Vesta Nunataks, Alexander Island, Antarctica
Canada
- Vesta Creek (Alberta), a stream in northern Alberta
- Vesta Creek (Ontario), a stream in Bruce County, Ontario
- Vesta, a dispersed rural community in the municipality of Brockton, Bruce County, Ontario
United States
Science and technology
- 4 Vesta, an asteroid
- Vesta family, group of asteroids that includes 4 Vesta
- The Vesta parallel file system, a precursor of IBM's GPFS
- Vesta (software configuration management) (developed 1993), advanced configuration management system released by Compaq
- Vesta, a genus of flowering plant in the family Araceae
- Vesta longifolia, sole species of the genus Vesta
Other uses
- HMS Vesta, a schooner of the Royal Navy
- SS Vesta (1853–1875), a French iron screw steamer
- Vesta (name), feminine given name
- Vesta Rowing Club (founded 1870), a rowing club based in London, England
See also
- Marooned off Vesta, a short story by Isaac Asimov first published in 1939
- Vega (disambiguation)
- Vespa (disambiguation)
- Vestal (disambiguation)
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