Vesta
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, 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, 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
- 4 Vesta, an asteroid
Canada
- Vesta Creek (Alberta), a stream in northern Alberta
- Vesta, a dispersed rural community in the municipality of Brockton, Bruce County, Ontario
- Vesta Creek (Ontario), a stream in Bruce County, Ontario
Science and technology
- 4 Vesta, 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
Other uses
- Vesta (name), 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 (1897–1964), an automobile battery company
See also
- Marooned off Vesta, a short story by Isaac Asimov first published in 1939
- Vega (disambiguation)
- Vespa (disambiguation)
- Vestal (disambiguation)
- Vestas, a Danish manufacturer of wind turbines
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