Vesta

Summary

Vesta is an asteroid^[1]. Vesta ranks in the top 0.024% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,706 views/month, #1 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vesta is credited with the discovery of Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers^[3].
• Vesta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• Vesta's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Bremen^[5].
• Vesta is named after Vesta^[6].
• Vesta followed 3 Juno^[7].
• Vesta was followed by 5 Astraea^[8].
• Vesta's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• Vesta's Commons category is recorded as Vesta (asteroid)^[10].
• Vesta's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• Vesta's Unicode character is recorded as ⚶^[12].
• Vesta's provisional designation is recorded as A807 FA^[13].
• Vesta's time of discovery or invention is recorded as March 29, 1807^[14].
• Vesta's asteroid spectral type is recorded as V-type asteroid^[15].
• Vesta's asteroid family is recorded as Vesta family^[16].
• Vesta's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• Vesta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:4 Vesta^[18].
• Vesta's Commons gallery is recorded as (4) Vesta^[19].
• Vesta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09016764504738634'}^[20].
• Vesta's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.1'}^[21].
• Vesta's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[22].
• Vesta's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• Vesta's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Vesta's topic has template is recorded as Template:GeoTemplate/vesta^[25].
• Vesta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+3.25'}^[26].
• Vesta's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+572.6'}^[27].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Vesta covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+866000'}^[28]. Vesta's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+572.6'}^[27].

Designation and Status

Vesta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Vesta is named after Vesta^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Vesta include Vesta family^[29], an asteroid family^[30] and Vesta Nunataks^[31], a nunatak^[32].

Why It Matters

Vesta ranks in the top 0.024% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,706 views/month, #1 of 4,107).^[2] Vesta has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Vesta is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Vesta include Vesta family^[29], an asteroid family^[30] and Vesta Nunataks^[31], a nunatak^[32].